Center for Dewey Studies: Past / Current Projects

2010

Publication of The Class Lectures of John Dewey: Volume 1
ISBN Number: 978-1-57085-021-9

The Class Lectures of John Dewey is an electronic edition of the class lecture notes of John Dewey, edited by Donald F. Koch and The Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Volume 1: Political Philosophy, Logic, Ethics, includes: fifteen of Dewey's class lecture sets.

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2009

Dewey's Lecture Notes

In 2007 the Center for Dewey Studies embarked on a project in conjunction with Donald F. Koch to publish the Dewey class lecture notes in electronic format. Professor emeritus of philosophy at Michigan State University, Professor Koch has edited four publications of lecture notes from Dewey’s classes and was eager to complete this work. Added to The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 and The Correspondence of John Dewey, 1871-2007, these class lecture notes, taken by students or specifically designated stenographers, will illuminate and trace the development of yet another facet of Dewey’s thought processes and ideas. Some aspects of the notes, such as class discussions and the student-professor interaction, have been previously unavailable.

Existing primarily in typescript form, with some handwritten sections, the lecture notes span 1892 to 1937, covering Dewey’s career at the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. Sample topics include Hegel, the theory of logic, political philosophy, sociology of ethics, philosophy of education, the evolution of morality, and modern idealism. The first step in the process was to decide which sets of notes to publish and, secondly, to select and arrange the contents for volume 1.

In this cooperative venture, the Center staff transcribes and proofreads the typescripts, provides some annotation, and formats the material for electronic presentation. Professor Koch provides introductions, additional annotation, and, with Director Larry Hickman and the staff, determine the handling of general theoretical matters and ambiguous specific points. Communicating through e-mail, telephone, personal visits, and computerized documents several sets of class lecture notes have been completed. In 2009 the Center expects to publish Volume 1, 1892-1904. Following is the tentative table of contents:



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