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John Dewey: What is applied and employed as the alternative to knowledge in regulation of society is ignorance, prejudice…

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What is applied and employed as the alternative to knowledge in regulation of society is ignorance, prejudice, class-interest and accident.
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John Dewey

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This quote critiques ignorance and prejudice as the alternatives to informed knowledge in societal regulation.

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