ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the difference (and possible conflict) between analytic and genetic method; Dewey after the Ethics; and attitudes to Dewey's work during the twentieth century. In his Theory of Valuation Dewey concluded that values are empirically observable forms of behavior. Dewey was quite aware of the fact that the pragmatic approach was a new method of acquiring knowledge for advancing human welfare. One of the most fundamental issues in the history of philosophy has been the character of human knowledge. Ancient Greek philosophy gave varying accounts of universals and particulars: some analyzed the former into the latter, while others saw particulars as matter taking on specific form. The publication of the 1932 Ethics brings to an end the account projected by the title of this book. While Dewey was alive and active, his works played an important part in the on-going developments and controversies in philosophy.
