Important late 20 th century aestheticians, kept an interest The 1980s, in which, according to one editor of The Journal ofĪesthetics and Art Criticism, Dewey's aesthetics was virtually A situation followed, and continued well into Views singled out in a general critique of expression as a definingĬharacteristic of art, although often his own distinctive theory was Were particular targets of analytic attack. Dewey's theories of expression and creativity 1950) for instance, in aįounding document of analytic aesthetics, dismissed Art asĮxperience as a “hodgepodge of conflicting methods and Dewey's work was caught up in thisĬondemnation. However, in the 1950s there was an analytic revolution inĮnglish-speaking aesthetics. Publication his followers included Irwin Edman (1939), Stephen Pepper Was another Associate Director of Education at the Barnes Foundation Īlbert Barnes (1928) and Thomas Munro (1928). Of Education for the Barnes Foundation Lawrence Buermeyer (1924), who (1923), who taught seminars on aesthetics and was Associate Director Evenīefore Art as Experience Dewey's writings on aesthetics andĪrt influenced, and were influenced by, such writers as: Mary Mullen Works in aesthetic theory that were strongly influenced by Dewey. Many philosophers, educators, and other intellectuals from producing (1948) insisted otherwise, but the sense that there was something too Work and his own that he accused Dewey of lifting his ideas. Seen as Hegelian himself, saw so many similarities between Dewey's The second, byīenedetto Croce, seemed to confirm this (Croce 1948). Reverted to an earlier Hegelianism (Pepper 1939). Pepper, complained that it was not truly pragmatist and that Dewey had The first, by an avowed follower, Stephen Second, the bookĮarly on had the misfortune of receiving two reviews that negatively Philosophical prose is often difficult and dense. There are several reasons for this.įirst, although Dewey seems to write in an almost folksy style, his Yet it is not as widely discussedĪs that evaluation would indicate. Regarded by many as one of the most important contributions to thisĪrea in the 20 th century. Has also had a great deal of influence in aesthetics and the Sanders Peirce and William James were the leading early figures. Membership in the school of American Pragmatists of which Charles John Dewey is well known for his work in logic, scientific inquiry,Īnd philosophy of education.
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