{"product_id":"the-middle-works-of-john-john-dewey-9780809310845","title":"The Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 14, 1899 - 1924: Human Nature and Conduct, 1922 Volume 14","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 14\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eof \u003ci\u003eThe Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eseries provides an authoritative edition of Dewey's \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature and Conduct. A Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarly Editions textual edition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Nature and Conduct \u003c\/i\u003eevolved from the West Memorial Foundation lectures at Stanford University. The lectures were ex­tensively rewritten and expanded into one of Dewey's best-known works. As Murray G. Murphey says in his Introduction, \"It was a work in which Dewey sought to make ex­plicit the social character of his psychology and philosophy--something which had long been evident but never so clearly spelled out.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubtitled \"An Introduction to Social Psy­chology,\" \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature and Conduct \u003c\/i\u003esets forth Dewey's view that habits are social functions, and that social phenomena, such as habit and custom and scientific methods of inquiry are moral and natural. Dewey con­cludes, \"Within the flickering inconsequen­tial acts of separate selves dwells a sense of the whole which claims and dignifies them. In its presence we put off mortality and live in the universal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dewey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809310848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809310845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"John Dewey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46250722558207,"sku":"9780809310845","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9f4997e-6f24-417b-8b66-90acd5a57912.jpg?v=1729601199","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-middle-works-of-john-john-dewey-9780809310845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}