John Dewey Quote

The first distinguishing characteristic of thinking is facing the facts — inquiry, minute and extensive scrutinizing, observation.


Reconstruction in Philosophy, Chapter VI (p. 140), Beacon Press. 1920


The first distinguishing characteristic of thinking is facing the facts — inquiry, minute and extensive scrutinizing, observation.

The first distinguishing characteristic of thinking is facing the facts — inquiry, minute and extensive scrutinizing, observation.

The first distinguishing characteristic of thinking is facing the facts — inquiry, minute and extensive scrutinizing, observation.

The first distinguishing characteristic of thinking is facing the facts — inquiry, minute and extensive scrutinizing, observation.