John Dewey: “Anthropology, history, sociology, morals, economics, political…”

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Anthropology, history, sociology, morals, economics, political science, go their own ways without constant and systematized fruitful interaction.

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John Dewey

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Dewey highlights the lack of interaction among various social sciences.

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