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  dewey_teach   The Dewey Center is involved in many events to celebrate John Dewey's 150th Anniversary. Watch this page for upcoming announcements.


   "Acquisition of skill, possession of knowledge, attainment of culture are not ends: they are marks of growth and means to its continuing.
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The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953, edited by Jo Ann Boydston (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-1991), MW 12:186.
 

  Dewey Center Calendar  
  Date Location Description  
  November 13 - 14, 2009 Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue, Cambridge Workshop and conferences on the work of Daisaku Ikeda and John Dewey  
  December 11 - 14, 2009 Beijing, China Conference on Pragmatism and Globalization  
  December 16 - 20, 2009 Beijing, China Conference celebrating translations of works about Dewey into Chinese  
  December 26 - 30, 2009   American Philosophical Association annual meeting  Link  

 

The director of The Center for Dewey Studies, Larry A. Hickman, frequently presents at various philosophical conferences and forums as a form of outreach for the Dewey Center.  Below are a few of the more recent presentations as well as a .pdf chronicling Hickman's travels since September 1993.

“John Dewey and the Philosophy of Technology.”  Department of Philosophy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, February 5, 2009.

“Technoscience and Public Policy.”  Department of Public Policy Leadership, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, February 5, 2009.

“John Dewey’s Interdisciplinary Perspective.” International John Dewey Seminar, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy, January 29, 2009.

“Why We Need a Pragmatist Technology.” Institute for American Thought, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indiana, November 4, 2008.

“Building a Pragmatist Ethics on a Pragmatist Philosophy of Technology.” Vietnamese Institute for Philosophy, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 24, 2008.

“John Dewey’s Social Vision.” Vietnamese Institute for Philosophy, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 24, 2008.

“John Dewey and American Democracy.” Vietnamese Institute for Political Studies, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 22, 2008,

“Teaching Religion in a Global Culture.” Keynote Lecture, International Network of Philosophers of Education, Kyoto, Japan, August 10, 2008.

“Pragmatism and Global Citizenship.” International Network of Philosophers of Education, Kyoto, Japan, August 9, 2008.

“Pragmatism, Technology, and Ethics.” World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul, South Korea, August 3, 2008.

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