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John Dewey: Whatever form it assumes, it results in strengthening the reign of dogma.

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Whatever form it assumes, it results in strengthening the reign of dogma.
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John Dewey

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Dewey warns that absolutistic logic ultimately reinforces dogmatic thinking.

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