pragmatism

6 notes carry this tag — 2 claims, 1 observation, 2 captures, 1 essay. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Essays

the same classroom

essay drafting 2026-09-03 · john-dewey, hu-shih, b-r-ambedkar, pragmatism, china

Everything else

Dewey's own correspondence treats Hu Shih and Ambedkar as two unconnected threads, not one project — but the Ambedkar-side literature does explicitly cite the China comparison

capture promoted Tier 2 2026-09-09 · john-dewey, hu-shih, b-r-ambedkar, china, india
John Dewey's pragmatism reached both China's May Fourth Movement (via Hu Shih) and India's anti-caste constitution (via Ambedkar) through the same Columbia classroom

capture promoted Tier 2 2026-09-01 · john-dewey, hu-shih, ambedkar, pragmatism, epistemology
B.R. Ambedkar studied under John Dewey at Columbia (1913-1916) and built his definition of democracy on Dewey's 1888 'personality' language

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-09-01 · india, b-r-ambedkar, john-dewey, pragmatism, caste
John Dewey lived in China for over two years (1919-1921), invited by his former Columbia student Hu Shih, during the May Fourth Movement

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-09-01 · china, john-dewey, hu-shih, may-fourth-movement, pragmatism
John Dewey mentored two Columbia students who each became foundational to a different nation's 20th-century refounding: Hu Shih in China, B.R. Ambedkar in India

observation seedling Tier 2 2026-09-01 · john-dewey, hu-shih, b-r-ambedkar, china, india