The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages m…

John Dewey
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The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages may be termed pragmatic. ... Only that which has been organized into our disposition so as to enable us to adapt the environment to our needs and adapt our aims and desires to the situation in which we live is really knowledge. ✨ John Dewey (2012). Democracy and Education, p.313, Courier Corporation
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