Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 6

William James, remarking in 1909 on the differences among the three leading spokesmen for pragmatism-himself, F. C. S. Schiller, and John Dewey-said that Schiller's views were essential-ly "e;psychological,"e; his own, "e;epistemo-logical,"e; whereas Dewey's "e;panorama is the widest of the three."e; The two main subjects of Dewey's essays at this time are also two of the most fundamental and persistent philo-sophical questions: the nature of knowl-edge and the meaning of truth. Dewey's distinctive analysis is concentrated chiefly in seven essays, in a long, sig-nificant, and previously almost un-known work entitled "e;The Problem of Truth,"e; and in his book How We Think. As a whole, the 1910-11 writings il-lustrate especially well that which the Thayers identify in their Introduction as Dewey's "e;deepening concentration on questions of logic and epistemology as contrasted with the more pronounced psychological and pedagogical treat-ment in earlier writings."e;