# John Dewey — Pragmatism character guide

> John Dewey in Pragmatism by William James.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** John Dewey, Dewey, Schiller - Dewey

**First appearance:** 0003-lecture-i-the-present-dilemma-in-philosophy

## Who they are

The instrumentalist ally whose name travels alongside Schiller's, part of the new dawn James believes is breaking over philosophy.

## In the story

### [Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pragmatism_se/chapters/lecture-ii-what-pragmatism-means)

Included with Schiller and James as a key figure in the pragmatist theory of truth.

### [Lecture VI: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pragmatism_se/chapters/lecture-vi-pragmatism-s-conception-of-truth)

Cited as a key pragmatist whose view of truth has been attacked and misunderstood; James defends the Schiller-Dewey view.

### [Lecture VII: Pragmatism and Humanism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pragmatism_se/chapters/lecture-vii-pragmatism-and-humanism)

Dewey is mentioned alongside Schiller as treating the sensible core of reality as a 'limit'.

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