Editors: Larry A. Hickman and Thomas M. Alexander
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Link: IU Press Vol 1
Link: IU Press Vol 2
Synopsis: The Essential Dewey, Volumes I and II are winners of Choice's "Outstanding Academic Title, 1999" award.
Based on the award-winning thirty-seven-volume critical edition of Dewey's work, The Essential Dewey presents in two thematically arranged volumes a collection of Dewey's essays that represents his thinking on some of the major issues to which he turned his attention. Viewed as a whole, this collection provides unique access to Dewey's understanding of the problems and prospects of human existence and of the philosophical enterprise.