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Single Idea 21516
[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
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Full Idea
The ultimate ground of the quest for cognitive certainty is the need for security in the results for action.
Gist of Idea
We want certainty in order to achieve secure results for action
Source
John Dewey (The Quest for Certainty [1929], p.39), quoted by Erik J. Olsson - Against Coherence 10.5
Book Ref
Olsson,Erik J.: 'Against Coherence' [OUP 2008], p.194
A Reaction
Just what a pragmatist should say. This may be true within an evolutionary account of human nature, but seems unlikely when doing a sudoku. The 'ground' of the quest may not be the same as its 'source'.
The
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from John Dewey
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Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions
[Dewey]
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22873
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Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it
[Dewey]
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22872
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Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities
[Dewey]
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22869
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Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless
[Dewey]
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22870
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No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry
[Dewey]
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22867
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The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action
[Dewey]
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22864
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Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities
[Dewey]
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22879
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'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values
[Dewey]
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22877
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We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action
[Dewey]
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22880
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The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community
[Dewey]
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22878
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Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element
[Dewey]
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22871
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The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate
[Dewey]
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22876
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Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities
[Dewey]
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22865
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Habits constitute the self
[Dewey]
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22874
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Individuality is only developed within groups
[Dewey]
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22868
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The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity
[Dewey]
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22875
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Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living
[Dewey]
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We want certainty in order to achieve secure results for action
[Dewey]
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Dewey argued long before Wittgenstein that there could not seriously be a private language
[Dewey, by Orenstein]
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