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First Southern Illinois Press Edition, Nap (No Additional Printing Stated, Thus First). Indexed. Usual Library Markings With The Ffep (First Free Endpaper Removed. Gold Marker Ribbon Bound In. Page Edges Tanned. Hinges Sound And The Text Appears To Be Clean And Without Marks. The Jacket Has Been Protected By Clear Plastic. The Jacket Spine Is Sunned.

1 blank leaf + half-title with publisher's ads on verso + TP + [v]-vii = Preface + [ix]xvii = Contents + 1-272 + 1 blank leaf. small Octavo. First Edition (Thomas, 2nd ed., 1939, p. 6). Dewey's Early Contributions to Grigg's Philosophical Classics Leibniz's New Essays on Human Understanding (Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain) is his chapter-by-chapter rebuttal by Locke's, Essay concerning Humane Understanding. It is one of just two full-length works by Leibniz (the other being the Theodicy). It was finished in 1704, but Leibniz withheld its publication and it did not appear until sixty years later. This, then, is John Dewey's critique of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's critique of John Locke. Here, the 29-year-old Dewey point outs that Leibniz's main flaw lay in his direct adaptation of the methodology of his time and the source of his failure lay in his unquestioning adaptation of the syllogism, proof by contradiction and identity.This inherently limiting use of contradiction in Leibniz's system led Kant to develop his own "Critique of Pure Reason," as a way of intellectualizing the world through a more perfect method, his own synthetic and analytic methods. Dewey recognizes all of these connections and makes them for us, all the while walking us through the intricacies of Leibniz's complex but radical encounter with the world that Descartes left behind in his "Meditations."Like his Psychology (published the year before), Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding reflects Dewey's early commitment to Hegelian idealism, yet anticipates the examination of the process of inquiry that will figure so centrally in his future works. Original publisher's brown cloth with black lettering on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. With a former owner's Dec. 25, 1901") and the inked notation in the lower left corner of that same page ("From G.A.P."). With the most minor wear to the exterior. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.