Tradition
Gradualism
Overview
class of theories in which change occurs gradually over time
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It was accordingly reserved for the perspicacity of Aristotle to clear up this difficult point, which he has done profoundly and exhaustively in the sixth Book of Physics, chap. i.-viii. His proof that no change takes place suddenly (in Plato's ἐξαίφνης), but that each occurs only gradually and therefore occupies a certain time, is based entirely upon the pure, _à priori_ intuition of Time and of Space; but it is…
Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, and On the Will in Nature
States what Gradualism is.
If what is desired is obtained, that is evidence that the child is unfolding properly. But as the pupil generally has no initiative of his own in this direction, the result is a random groping after what is wanted, and the formation of habits of dependence upon the cues furnished by others. Just because such methods simulate a true principle and claim to have its sanction they may do more harm than would outright…
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Close in meaning to Gradualism; the term itself is not named.
Its meaning, its character, its value, is known when, and only when, it is considered as an arrangement for meeting the conditions involved in some specific situation. This analysis of value is carried out in detail by tracing successive stages of development--by endeavoring to locate the particular situation in which each structure has its origin, and by tracing the successive modifications through which, in…
John Dewey, Studies in Logical Theory
Close in meaning to Gradualism; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Gradualism
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- Revolution
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- Stephen Jay Gould
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- Tibetan Buddhism
- Theravada
- Indian philosophy
- Uniformitarianism
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Place in the tradition
Part of Social democracy.