Does metaphysics rest on an agrarian foundation? A deweyan answer and critique

Agriculture and Human Values 7 (1):27-32 (1990)
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This paper provides an analysis of John Dewey's appreciation of the effects of the emergence of agriculture on the patterns of Western thought. It shows the role played by this agrarian theme in Dewey's own critique of the dominant values inherent in Western metaphysics

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Armen Marsoobian
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Context and Thought.John Dewey - 1931 - University of California Publications in Philosophy 12 (3):203ff.
Philosophy and Civilization.John Dewey - 1933 - Philosophy 8 (31):360-361.

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