John Dewey in China

This document contains excerpts from a master’s thesis (intellectual history) by Gary Pavela

Wesleyan University, 1970.

You may view the entire thesis here.

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Part I: JOHN DEWEY AND THE EXPERIMENTALIST PROGRAM FOR CHINA

Table of contents and excerpts follow.

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Dewey's Lectures in China, 1.

The Application of the Experimental Method to Social and Political Philosophy, 3

Experimental Method and Dewey's Philosophy of Education, 11

The Initial Chinese Response, 21.

The Appeal of Experimentalism, 25

Part II HU SHIH : THE DISCIPLE, 29

Scholasticism and Skepticism, 29

Weaning Away From China, 35

The Break with China, 38

John Dewey and the Supremacy of Experimentalism, 43

The Genesis of "Non-Political" Reform in China, 49

Experimentalism and Language Reform, 54

The May Fourth Movement and the "Triumph" of Experimentalism, 61

Part III HU SHIH AND THE OPPOSITION : LI TA-CHAO, CH'EN TU-HSIU AND THE CHINESE STUDENT MOVEMENT, 65