SIU to host international gathering on philosopher John Dewey’s ‘orienting text’

CARBONDALE — An interdisciplinary, international conference next month at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will examine one of American philosopher and educator John Dewey’s most important works.

“‘Experience and Nature’ is Dewey’s big philosophical statement of his world view in his later works,” said Matthew J. Brown, SIU’s Center for Dewey Studies director and a professor of philosophy. “It also represents his attempt to bring together his thinking on philosophy, experience, values as well as science and nature and the human mind into one statement on what philosophy is about. Philosophers have found that of enduring significance – this is kind of an orienting text.”