John Dewey the Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929/The Quest for Certainty, Vol. 4

This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey'sThe Quest for Cer­tainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action.The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures deliv­ered AprilMay 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as "a criti­cism of philosophy as attempting to at­tain theoretical certainty." In thePhilo­sophical ReviewMax C. Otto later elaborated: "Mr. Dewey wanted, so far as lay in his power, to crumble into dust, once and for all, 'the chief fortress of the classic philosophical tradition."John Dewey is the author of 'John Dewey the Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929/The Quest for Certainty, Vol. 4', published 1988 under ISBN 9780809314935 and ISBN 0809314932.