John Dewey

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Dewey suggested that all behavior should be viewed in terms of its ? Dewey argue dthat analyzing the elements of a reflex caused the investigator to miss its most impt feature. Was this feature the relationship to the mind or its purposiveness?

-- susan katz (javaroast@aol.com), October 24, 2003

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Not really (or at least, not simply). Have a look at Dewey's famous 1896 article on the reflex arc. It is on-line at http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Dewey/reflex.htm

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), October 26, 2003.

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