John Dewey: “Many a man who has tinkered with radios can judge of things which…”

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Many a man who has tinkered with radios can judge of things which Faraday did not dream of.

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John Dewey

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Dewey suggests that practical experience can lead to insights that surpass those of great scientists in their time.

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They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.

What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.

Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.

John Dewey: “Many a man who has tinkered with radios can judge of things which Faraday did not dream of.”