As one of America's "public intellectuals," John Dewey was                  engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human                  inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission                  demanded that Dewey become more than just a philosopher; it compelled him to become                  thoroughly familiar with the theories and methods of physics, psychology, and                  neurosciences, as well as become engaged in educational and social reform. Tapping                  archival sources and Dewey's extensive correspondence, Dalton reveals that Dewey had                  close personal and intellectual ties to scientists and scholars who helped form the                  mature expression of his thought. Dewey's relationships with F. M. Alexander, Henri                  Matisse, Niels Bohr, Myrtle McGraw, and Lawrence K. Frank, among others, show how                  Dewey dispersed pragmatism throughout American thought and culture.

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