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John Dewey: “The assimilation of human science to physical science represents, in other words, only another form of absolutistic…”

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The assimilation of human science to physical science represents, in other words, only another form of absolutistic logic, a kind of physical absolutism.
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John Dewey

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Dewey critiques the tendency to apply physical science logic to human sciences.

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