''Experience and Nature'' is a philosophical book written by the American philosopher

John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and Education reform, educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. The overridi ...

. First published in 1925, the book deals with the subject-object split and the empirical philosophical method. The account spans the history of Western philosophy, of which it demonstrates an intimate knowledge.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Cou ...

described ''Experience'' as " lthoughincredibly ill written, it seemed to me after several re-readings to have a feeling of intimacy with the inside of the cosmos that I have found unequaled. So methought God would have spoken had he been inarticulate but keenly desirous to tell you how it was."

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In the book, Dewey attempts to reconcile the “subject-object split”, between the external natural world and our own experience of it, hence the title. He argues that even in empirical methods of science, there must include some visceral human experience, saying: However, Dewey does not seem to view this dichotomy as totally false, or oppose it in principle. For example, he notes the effect of technology on the sciences, namely its emancipation from “noble and ideal” objects, saying:

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* {{refend 1925 non-fiction books Philosophy books