Abstract

CUNHA, Marcus Vinicius da; COSTA, Sarah Passos Vieira da  and  MERCAU, Horacio Héctor. The educational value of the history of Philosophy in John Dewey’s discourse. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.3, pp.874-889.  Epub Oct 26, 2020. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v19n3-2020-13.

This paper aims to broaden the understanding and scope of John Dewey’s philosophical and educational theses, placing them within the rhetorical discursive tradition derived from Sophistry. To do this, firstly a quantitative examination of the occurrences of the expression “history of philosophy” is made, followed by a qualitative analysis of the theme “history of Philosophy” in the works published in The collected works of John Dewey: 1882-1953 (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA). This examination reveals two features that allow Dewey to be associated with the rhetorical tradition: the educational value attributed to the study of history and a way of arguing based on the genealogy of facts and concepts. Based on Dewey’s theses on aesthetics and his conceptualization of experience, the paper concludes with the proposal of a creative history of philosophy and education.

Keywords : John Dewey; History of Philosophy; Sophistry.

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