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What is Educational Pragmatism?

What is Educational Pragmatism?

• Charles S. Pierce
• William James
• John Dewey

Charles Sanders Peirce

Charles S. Peirce

• Peirce was a physical scientist for 32 years.
• He viewed philosophy as the philosophy of science. Peirce wanted a theory of inquiry and reasoning to help progress science.
• Peirce made sure that his views were labeled as pragmaticism, so he was differentiated from pragmatism.

Charles S. Peirce

• Most of his ideas revolved around science, specifically the scientific method.
• The 3 stages of the scientific method for Peirce were abduction,deduction,and induction.
• Peirce knew that in science certain problems were crucial and needed to be attended to first.

Peirce's Pragmaticism

• Peirce's ideas were different than those of William James.
• The two actually were friends, and they worked together on the major principles of pragmatism.
• Peirce however did not like the way James thought pragmatism should be used.

William James

• James was born in New York into a well-to-do family
• intellect and culture
• Medical degree from Harvard in 1869.
• James Believes that his pragmatic truth applied to all aspects of life.
• pragmatic value only if integrated with other experiencs

William James

• "not a difference of quantity, but what kind of person you become, what sort of self is in the making what kind of a world is making.

John Dewey

• (1859-1952)
• The central focus of Dewey's philosophical interests throughout his career was what has been traditionally called "epistemology," or the "theory of knowledge.

John Dewey

• Dewey’s philosophical interest were inspired William James'.
• Dewey earned his doctorate at John Hopkins University where Charles S. Peirce was one of his professors.
• Dewey’s philosophical interest were inspired William James'.

John Dewey

• Dewey was a strong proponent for progressive educational reform. He believed that education should be based on the principle of learning through doing.
• In 1894, Dewey and his wife started their own experimental primary school, the University Elementary School, at the University of Chicago.

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