Dewey's major work in metaphysics — arguing for a naturalistic account of experience that dissolves traditional dualisms (mind/matter, fact/value, organism/environment).
Naturalistic metaphysics: experience is not a subjective screen between us and nature — experience is nature experiencing itself. Dissolution of dualisms: the mind/body problem, the fact/value distinction, the theory/practice split — all products of faulty philosophical analysis. The denotative method: start from ordinary experience, not from the philosopher's study. Quality and event as basic metaphysical categories.
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