Deweys Hegel: A Search for Unity in Diversity, or Diversity as the Growth of Unity?

The article presents an analysis of James Good's arguments in his book "A Search for Unity in Diversity: The Permanent Hegelian Deposit in the Philosophy of John Dewey." The author focuses on Good's argument that the young Dewey view Hegel as a functionalist, historicist, instrumentalist, and practicalist. He examines the lines of influence between Dewey and philosopher William James during the 1880s and 1890s which were formative years of both pragmatism and functionalism. Also, he highlights Dewey's relationship to philosopher G. W. F. Hegel's thought after his criticism of German philosophy around 1915.