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050			_aB 945.D44 _b.T144 2000
100			_aTalisse, Robert B. _978736
245		0	_aOn Dewey : _bthe reconstruction of philosophy / _cRobert B. Talisse.
260			_aBelmont, CA : _bWadsworth/Thomson Learning, _cc2000.
300			_ax, 83 p. _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 82-83).
520			_aSupports a view that rejected the dualistic epistemology and metaphysics of modern philosophy in favor of naturalistic approach that viewed knowledge as arising from an active adaptation of the human organism to its environment. On this view, inquiry should not be understood as consisting of a mind passively observing the world and drawing from this ideas that of true correspond to reality, but rather as a process which initiates with a check or obstacles to a successful human action, proceeds to active manipulation of the environment that allows once again human action to proceed.
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