This thinker argued that an organism interacts with its environment through self-guided activity in an essay criticizing the then-dominant conception of the reflex arc. He rejected the term "epistemology" for his approach to the theory of knowledge, preferring to use terms like "theory of inquiry." A book by this thinker responded to Walter Lippmann's claim that the modern public could not successfully participate in democracy. He argued that schools should not be seen as a preparation for civic life but instead as continuous extensions of civil society. For 10 points, name this American pragmatist philosopher who wro
This thinker argued that an organism interacts with its environment through self-guided activity in an essay criticizing the then-dominant conception of the reflex arc. He rejected the term "epistemology" for his approach to the theory of knowledge, preferring to use terms like "theory of inquiry." A book by this thinker responded to Walter Lippmann's claim that the modern public could not successfully participate in democracy. He argued that schools should not be seen as a preparation for civic life but instead as continuous extensions of civil society. For 10 points, name this American pragmatist philosopher who wrote The Public and its Problems and Democracy and Education.
This thinker argued that an organism interacts with its environment through self-guided activity in an essay criticizing the then-dominant conception of the reflex arc.
John Dewey