Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

John Dewey

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ISBN 10 : 1440082847 ISBN 13 : 9781440082849

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how creative intelligence shapes thinking and action in a world that never stands still.

In this collection, philosophy is shown as a practical tool—an active mode of experience that helps us meet change with thoughtful action. It argues that the aim of thinking is to expand human capacities and realize values through concrete, workable methods. The book treats perception, attention, and consciousness as guiding forces that turn future possibilities into present actions.

Rather than offering abstract theories, it frames philosophy as a dynamic practice that constantly tests ideas against real life. By focusing on how we map out the future through actions and meanings, the work invites readers to see thinking as a creative, instrumental process that blends beauty, use, and insight.

• How attention redirects our responses to fit an immediate task.


• How perception encodes possible future outcomes to guide present behavior.


• How consciousness links present experience to anticipated results to drive action.


• How philosophy functions as a practical, evolving tool for understanding and shaping life.

Ideal for readers of philosophy, education, and social thought who seek a clear, real‑world approach to thinking and doing.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Essays which follow represent an attempt at intellectual cooperation. No effort has been made, however, to attain unanimity of belief nor to proffer a platform of planks on which there is agreement. The consensus represented lies primarily in outlook, in conviction of what is most likely to be fruitful in method of approach. As the title page suggests, the volume presents a unity in attitude rather than a uniformity in results. Consequently each writer is definitively responsible only for his own essay. The reader will note that the Essays endeavor to embody the common attitude in application to specific fields of inquiry which have been historically associated with philosophy rather than as a thing by itself. Beginning with philosophy itself, subsequent contributions discuss its application to logic, to mathematics, to physical science, to psychology, to ethics, to economics, and then again to philosophy itself in conjunction with esthetics and religion. The reader will probably find that the significant points of agreement have to do with the ideas of the genuineness of the future, of intelligence as the organ for determining the quality of that future so far as it can come within human control, and of a courageously inventive individual as the bearer of a creatively employed mind.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude

The Essays which follow represent an attempt at intellectual cooperation. No effort has been made, however, to attain unanimity of belief nor to proffer a platform of "planks" on which there is agreement. The consensus represented lies primarily in outlook, in conviction of what is most likely to be fruitful in method of approach. As the title page suggests, the volume presents a unity in attitude rather than a uniformity in results. Consequently each writer is definitively responsible only for his own essay. The reader will note that the Essays endeavor to embody the common attitude in application to specific fields of inquiry which have been historically associated with philosophy rather than as a thing by itself. Beginning with philosophy itself, subsequent contributions discuss its application to logic, to mathematics, to physical science, to psychology, to ethics, to economics, and then again to philosophy itself in conjunction with esthetics and religion. The reader will probably find that the significant points of agreement have to do with the ideas of the genuineness of the future, of intelligence as the organ for determining the quality of that future so far as it can come within human control, and of a courageously inventive individual as the bearer of a creatively employed mind.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440082847
• ISBN 13: 9781440082849
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 482
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