Dewey's purpose, though not well stated, seems to be the complete rejection of the notion of knowledge as awareness, or of the subjective knower.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
And, although the "unwinking, unremitting eye" of the subjective knower might make experience merely a mental affair, there is no reason to believe that the operation of inference in perception would lead to the same result, for inference and awareness are quite distinct, in historical meaning and function.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
As man bears other relations to his environment than that of eater, so is he also something more than a knower.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard