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Page 8
When external control is rejected, the problem becomes that of finding the factors
of control that are inherent within experience. When external authority is rejected,
it does not follow that all authority should be rejected, but rather that there is ...
When external control is rejected, the problem becomes that of finding the factors
of control that are inherent within experience. When external authority is rejected,
it does not follow that all authority should be rejected, but rather that there is ...
Page 37
Every theory which assumes that importance can be attached to these objective
factors only at the expense of imposing external control and of limiting the
freedom of individuals rests finally upon the notion that experience is truly
experience ...
Every theory which assumes that importance can be attached to these objective
factors only at the expense of imposing external control and of limiting the
freedom of individuals rests finally upon the notion that experience is truly
experience ...
Page 69
The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom
of movement, or with the external or physical side of activity. Now, this external
and physical side of activity cannot be separated from the internal side of activity;
...
The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom
of movement, or with the external or physical side of activity. Now, this external
and physical side of activity cannot be separated from the internal side of activity;
...
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Contents
THE NEED OF A THEORY OF EX PERIENCE | 12 |
CRITERIA OF EXPERIENCE | 23 |
SOCIAL CONTROL | 53 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Experience and Education Issue 10 of The Kappa Delta Pi lecture series |
| Author | John Dewey |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1951 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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