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The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought

by John Dewey (1859–1952)

29 chapters, about 64,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 600 words
2. I 400 words
3. II 1,300 words
4. III 800 words
5. IV 1,500 words
6. NATURE AND ITS GOOD: A CONVERSATION[5] 5,900 words
7. INTELLIGENCE AND MORALS[6] 6,800 words
8. THE EXPERIMENTAL THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE[7] 100 words
9. I 2,700 words
10. II 1,100 words
11. III 2,400 words
12. IV 800 words
13. I 3,500 words
14. II 1,700 words
15. III 2,700 words
16. IV 1,300 words
17. A SHORT CATECHISM CONCERNING TRUTH[25] 3,200 words
18. I 1,500 words
19. II 1,400 words
20. III 1,500 words
21. IV 1,000 words
22. I 1,400 words
23. II 1,200 words
24. III 1,100 words
25. IV 1,000 words
26. THE POSTULATE OF IMMEDIATE EMPIRICISM[44] 3,100 words
27. “CONSCIOUSNESS” AND EXPERIENCE[55] 5,700 words
28. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE[63] 7,500 words
29. INDEX 300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Active intellect
• Democracy
• Empiricism
• Epistemology
• Hygiene
• Intelligence
• Mental state
• Past
• Pragmatism
• Psychologist
• Tautology (logic)
• Thought
• Transcendence (religion)

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