How We Think

How We Think is a classic book written by American philosopher and educator John Dewey. In this book, Dewey explores the nature of thinking and how it relates to education, problem-solving, and everyday life. He argues that thinking is not a passive process, but an active and dynamic one that involves experimentation, reflection, and creativity. Dewey also emphasizes the importance of context and experience in shaping our thinking processes, and how we can use these insights to improve our thinking skills and become more effective learners and problem-solvers. The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it an essential read for anyone interested in the nature of thinking and its role in education and personal development.1910. Dewey, Professor of Philosophy in Columbia University writes: Our schools are troubled with a multiplication of studies, each in turn having its own multiplication of materials and principles. Our teachers find their tasks made heavier in that they have come to deal with pupils individually and not merely in mass. Unless these steps in advance are to end in distraction, some clue of unity, some principle that makes for simplification must be found. This book represents the conviction that the needed steadying and centralizing factor is found in adopting as the end of endeavor that attitude of mind, that habit of thought, which we call scientific. This scientific attitude of mind might, conceivably, be quite irrelevant to teaching children and youth. But this book also represents the conviction that such is not the case; that the native and unspoiled attitude of childhood, marked by ardent curiosity, fertile imagination, and love of experimental inquiry is near, very near, to the attitude of the scientific mind. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.