“Pluralism is well ordained in present political practice and demands a modification of hierarchical and monistic theory. Every combination of human forces that adds its own contribution of value to life has for that reason its own unique and ultimate worth. It cannot be degraded into a means to glorify the State.” – John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy. (1920, MW 12: 196-197).

Today at 1pm Central, Siwen Yang’s Lunchtime Talk: "Why Is Scientific Knowledge a Form of Niche Construction? A Discussion Based on Dewey's Theory of Inquiry." Register to join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gRbLlAtRTZOvhhVDltNH9w

This Wednesday at 1pm Central, Siwen Yang’s Lunchtime Talk: "Why Is Scientific Knowledge a Form of Niche Construction? A Discussion Based on Dewey's Theory of Inquiry." Register to join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gRbLlAtRTZOvhhVDltNH9w

Applications are open for the SIU Center for Dewey Studies Visiting Fellows Program. Fellows are in residence for one or two semesters, enjoy the scholarly resources and intellectual community of the Center, and receive work space, library and office support, and a small stipend. Priority deadline for applications for next academic year is April 15, 2026. Learn more at
https://deweycenter.siu.edu/visit/fellows.php

Reminder: The next International Dewey Colloquium will take place tomorrow. Dorit Barchana-Lorand will speak on "Advocacy for Art Education from a Deweyan Perspective" (with comments by Michał Wieczorek), hosted by the Ireland Dewey Center at University College Dublin. March 6th at 2:00pm UTC (8:00am in Carbondale). Learn more at https://deweycenter.siu.edu/center-information/international-dewey-centers.php

“[A] society that does not furnish the environment and education and the opportunity of all kinds which will bring out and make effective the superior ability wherever it is born, is not merely doing an injustice to that particular race and to those particular individuals, but it is doing an injustice to itself for it is depriving itself of just that much of social capital.” – John Dewey, “Address to National Negro Conference.” (1909, MW 4: 157).

Join us this Friday for the next International Dewey Colloquium (Online). The Ireland Dewey Center at University College Dublin presents Dorit Barchana-Lorand, "Advocacy for Art Education from a Deweyan Perspective" (with comments by Michał Wieczorek) on March 6th at 2:00pm UTC (8:00am in Carbondale). Learn more at
https://deweycenter.siu.edu/center-information/international-dewey-centers.php

“The problem of attaining mutual understanding and a reasonable degree of amicable cooperation among different peoples, races, classes, is bound up with the problem of reaching by peaceful and democratic means some workable adjustment of the values, standards, and ends which are now in a state of conflict.” – John Dewey, “Anti-Naturalism in Extremis.” (1943, LW 15: 58-59).

“Race is an abstract idea. Since the origin of the most important races of the present world is mixed, if we were to follow science, the idea of race is generally speaking a mythical one. Against this conception, man seeks something concrete, tangible, and visible. Thus race, in its common meaning differing from its scientific signification, is the designation given to the accumulation of facts which draw our attention because they are different from our own customs.” – John Dewey, “A Philosophical Interpretation of Racial Prejudice.” (1922, MW 13: 438).