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HUMAN NATURE
AND CONDUCT
An Introduction to Social Psychology
BY
JOHN DEWEY
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1922
Copyright, 1922,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
First Printing, Jan., 1922
Second Printing, Mar., 1922
Third Printing, June, 1922
Fourth Printing, Aug., 1922
Fifth Printing, Nov., 1922
Sixth Printing, April, 1923
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The Quinn & Boden Company
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[pg iii]PREFACE
In the spring of 1918 I was invited by Leland StanfordJunior University to give a series of three lecturesupon the West Memorial Foundation. One ofthe topics included within the scope of the Foundationis Human Conduct and Destiny. This volume isthe result, as, according to the terms of the Foundation,the lectures are to be published. The lectures asgiven have, however, been rewritten and considerablyexpanded. An Introduction and Conclusion have beenadded. The lectures should have been published withintwo years from delivery. Absence from the countryrendered strict compliance difficult; and I am indebtedto the authorities of the University for their indulgencein allowing an extension of time, as well as for so manycourtesies received during the time when the lectureswere given.
Perhaps the sub-title requires a word of explanation.The book does not purport to be a treatment of socialpsychology. But it seriously sets forth a belief thatan understanding of habit and of different types ofhabit is the key to social psychology, while the operationof impulse and intelligence gives the key to individualizedmental activity. But they are secondary tohabit so that mind can be understood in the concreteonly as a system of beliefs, desires and purposes whichare formed in the interaction of biological aptitudeswith a social environment.J. D.
February, 1921
[pg v]CONTENTS