tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post9165028028772102265..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: A Philosopher for our Times - John DeweyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-25559606023799074962012-01-07T17:13:40.256-05:002012-01-07T17:13:40.256-05:00Shook's talk was not about Dewey. There was so...Shook's talk was not about Dewey. There was some snafu. The talk was about philosophy and psychology of religion. <br />Shook, the speaker refused to take my question even after he had bypassed me six times for six long speeches from six members of the audience. Shook said very angrily, in front of the entire audience: "Lucette, I have already taken two questions from you" to try to justify his bizarre behavior. In fact, I had uttered at most five words during Shook's speech and they were not questions, just details that were better mentioned quickly during the speech.<br />I think that an apology from Shook is in order.lucettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030477404014229609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-10093517893092696612012-01-07T11:36:43.763-05:002012-01-07T11:36:43.763-05:00On WASH's Facebook page Ralph Ellectual challe...On WASH's Facebook page Ralph Ellectual challenged the idea that philosopher for our times saying," <br /><br />"Dewey is most certainly not a philosopher for our times, but at least Berg-Cross's cognitive psychology angle is of interest."<br /><br />Among the reasons that I see Dewey and Dewey-style important for our times is that he argued for an adequate role for philosophy in addressing human and societal problems as opposed to philosopher's problems. He marshaled not only philosophy and psychology to this task but many other disciplines and made real efforts on experimental education.<br />Some have applied more modern understanding of these topics to understand and solve our problems and this follows in Dewey's footsteps.<br />The need for reflective inquiry by people and groups is evident in much of the intellectual poverty we see in our national discussion. We still search for an adequate place for intelligence in human affairs.Gary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.com