The counterpart of this method is that philosophical anarchism which assembles all the evils that result from all forms of human grouping and attributes them en masse to the state, whose elimination would then bring in a millennium of voluntary fraternal organization.
Dewey critiques philosophical anarchism for oversimplifying the relationship between the state and social issues.
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Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.
Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
That and that only gives reality to public opinion.