Abstract

WARDE, Mirian Jorge. Notas sobre as fontes de formação de John Dewey com base no próprio autor. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2013, n.48, pp.169-186. ISSN 0104-4060.

This paper addresses the sources of philosophy and psychology of John Dewey, according to Dewey himself. The emphasis on Deweyan Philosophy and Psychology stems from the understanding that, apart from the fact that these two disciplines are those in which Dewey made his greatest intellectual investments, they are intricately linked to one another in his work. In this article, we intend to examine the processes used by Dewey to reveal or obscure moments of his intellectual maturation process. The period covered in this text is from Dewey’s education at the University of Vermont (1875-1879) through his time at Johns Hopkins (1882-1883) where he obtained his doctoral degree in 1884 and which allowed him to begin his academic career. There are two main issues addressed: on one hand, Dewey’s insistence on denying his theological inclinations, and his efforts to present his religious problems in philosophical terms; and on the other hand, Dewey’s tendency - revealed from his earliest published essays - to use and dispose of both his personal and bibliography resources, very quickly and with some simplification. The point of departure for this essay was Dewey’s text “From Absolutism to Experimentalism”, 1930, which is a good intellectual autobiography. Additional bibliographic references include the works of J. Dewey and other scholars who dedicated themselves to reconstructing Deweyan intellectual career.

Keywords : John Dewey; Religion; Philosophy; Psychology; Hegelianism.

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