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  1. 1859-1952. US philosopher who believed that
  2. the exigencies of a democratic and industrial
  3. society demanded new educational techniques.
  4. He expounded his ideas in numerous writings,
  5. including School and Society 1899, and
  6. founded a progressive school in Chicago. A
  7. pragmatist thinker, influenced by William
  8. James, Dewey maintained that there is only
  9. the reality of experience and made `inquiry'
  10. the essence of logic.
  11.