John Dewey, Empiricism, and Experimentalism in the Recent Philosophy of Mathematics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4456601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidney Ratner (0000-0002-3269-2801, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2709888 |
| OpenAlex | W2332105628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the fall of 1956, while a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, I met Oswald Veblen, one of the great mathematicians of the century, and mentioned to him that I knew he had studied with John Dewey at the University of Chicago in the early 1900s.2 Veblen recalled taking a seminar in logic with Dewey. Regarded as a rising star in mathematics, Veblen said, he assumed that he could take over leadership of the course and proceeded forcibly to present his views on logic and mathematics. Dewey allowed him free rein and only occasionally raised questions for Veblen to consider. At the end of the course Veblen realized that the views he then held were very different from the ones he had espoused at the beginning. Dewey, Veblen declared, was the greatest teacher he ever had
Empiricism · Epistemology · Experimentalism · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |