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John Dewey: “As symbols are related to one another, the important relations of a course of events are recorded and are preserved as…”

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As symbols are related to one another, the important relations of a course of events are recorded and are preserved as meanings.
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John Dewey

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Dewey discusses how symbols help record and preserve the important relationships in events.

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