William J. Gavin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of several books including Cuttin' the Body Loose: Historical, Biological, and Personal Approaches to Death and Dying and William James and the Reinstatement of the Vague. He is the editor of Context Over Foundation: Dewey and Marx.

• Introduction: Passing Dewey By?William J. Gavin PART ONE: Changing Contexts 1. Advancing American Philosophy: Pragmatism and Philosophical ScholarshipJames Campbell 2. Dewey's Limited Shelf Life: A Consumer WarningMichael Eldridge 3. New Directions and Uses in the Reconstruction of Dewey's EthicsGregory Pappas 4. Contexts Vibrant and Contexts Souring in Dewey's PhilosophyWilliam J. Gavin PART TWO: Radical Reconstruction 5. As Dewey Was Hegelian, So We Should Be DeweyanRaymond D. Boisvert 6. (Re)construction Zone: Beware of Falling StatuesShannon Sullivan 7. Between Being and Emptiness: Toward an Eco-Ontology of InhabitationThomas M. Alexander PART THREE: Don't Pass—Build! 8. On Passing Dewey By: The New Millennium and the Climate of PluralismSandra Rosenthal 9. Pressing Dewey's AdvantageJoseph Margolis 10. Improving LifeJohn Lachs 11. In the Wake of DarwinVincent Colapietro List of Contributors Index

William J. Gavin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of several books including Cuttin' the Body Loose: Historical, Biological, and Personal Approaches to Death and Dying and William James and the Reinstatement of the Vague. He is the editor of Context Over Foundation: Dewey and Marx.

• Introduction: Passing Dewey By?William J. Gavin PART ONE: Changing Contexts 1. Advancing American Philosophy: Pragmatism and Philosophical ScholarshipJames Campbell 2. Dewey's Limited Shelf Life: A Consumer WarningMichael Eldridge 3. New Directions and Uses in the Reconstruction of Dewey's EthicsGregory Pappas 4. Contexts Vibrant and Contexts Souring in Dewey's PhilosophyWilliam J. Gavin PART TWO: Radical Reconstruction 5. As Dewey Was Hegelian, So We Should Be DeweyanRaymond D. Boisvert 6. (Re)construction Zone: Beware of Falling StatuesShannon Sullivan 7. Between Being and Emptiness: Toward an Eco-Ontology of InhabitationThomas M. Alexander PART THREE: Don't Pass—Build! 8. On Passing Dewey By: The New Millennium and the Climate of PluralismSandra Rosenthal 9. Pressing Dewey's AdvantageJoseph Margolis 10. Improving LifeJohn Lachs 11. In the Wake of DarwinVincent Colapietro List of Contributors Index