对约翰·杜威的一些回忆（1859-1952)

Some Memories of John Dewey(1859—1952)

在《对约翰·杜威的一些回忆》中,杜威的学生西德尼·胡克没有将杜威作为一位哲学家来描述,而是回忆了杜威本人生活中的点滴。其中包括其真诚和为他人着想的品格,稍显矛盾的个性;还有杜威对宗教的态度;杜威对年轻人的鼓励和信任。同时,文中还忆及杜威与他的一位学生、杜威与罗素、杜威与巴恩斯之间的交往;杜威承受压力去墨西哥担任托洛斯基审判案调查委员会主席的往事。并且,文中还提到杜威晚年对他自己思想和观点的反思,以及他的教育思想与进步教育思想的分歧。在胡克看来,杜威就是一位公民、一位邻居、一位教师、一位朋友和一位哲学家。

In this article, Sidney Hook does not only describe Dewey as a philosopher, but recalls every moment of Dewey's life. These include his sincere and considerate character, slightly contradictory personality, Dewey's attitude towards religion, and Dewey's encouragement and trust in young people. At the same time, it also recalls Dewey's contacts with students, Dewey and Russell, Dewey and Barnes, and Dewey's pressure to go to Mexico as chairman of the ‘Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials’. In addition, the article also mentions Dewey's reflection on his own thoughts and views in his later years, as well as the differences between his educational thoughts and progressive educational thoughts. In Hook's view, Dewey is a citizen, a neighbor, a teacher, a friend and a philosopher.