of America had an impact on society that according to Sidorsky was, a monument to that period in American culture which made possible a confident, optimistic vision of the potential application of the methods of the sciences to the dominant traditions of philosophy and the major intuitions of society (Choron 288)Dewey felt that his work, lays the foundation for a more effective structure for American social ideals by providing a way to close the gap between scientific knowledge and other ways of knowing. He also believed, Knowledge was an interaction of organism with environment in which the agent actively intervened to predict future experience and to control it. Which was evidence of his spectator versus experience philosophy. Dewey understood that former philosophers had assumed thoughts were true, when in reality thinking is not a search for the truth, but a static and external quality of things (stumpf 399).Pragmatism, devoid of objective moral standards, is a major philosophy guiding much of our nation. This romantic and unconventional philosophy demonstrated that meaning, ideas, and truths come from experiences and actions. Before Peirce, James, and Dewey philosophy steered toward the same ideals that were supported centuries ago. Only pragmatism was able to enlighten the mind to think in a new way, not necessarily dismissing former ideas but building on them and introducing a fresh point of view; as simple as this may sound, it was revolutionary. Pragmatism was just the sort of thing a person might expect out of an American. ...
