John Dewey's Radical Logic: The Function of the Qualitative in Thinking

In his later works, John Dewey questioned some of the traditional assumptions about nature and function qualitative in inquiry. foresaw what recent scientific accounts human thinking are confirming: it is more complex, less linear, emotional, affective, bodily-based, non-reflective, non-linguistic, non-conscious than philosophers have assumed. Commentators on emphasized how inquiry social, instrumental, experimental, but for most part neglected dimension The first section this essay outlines different forms that neglect has taken scholarship. second addresses means by qualitative. third presents nine specific functions (inquiry). concludes fourth with implications view presented normative Dewey’s philosophy, suggests which promising future inquiries remain open regarding