John Dewey is the dominant figure in American philosophy today. A host of disciples look upon him as the great intellectual liberator of our times, for they believe that an initiation into the methods and principles which he has introduced dispels most plaguing problems which philosophers have here to fore felt themselves obliged to face. Once daslosende Wort is spoken, such typical issues as the epistemological problem and the mind-body problem" drop away for they owe their origin to a fundamental misconception of the meaning and function of knowledge. Professor Dewey is great in the eyes of his followers because he has demonstrated precisely the manner in which the many generations of philosophers who have discussed these topics fell into error; and it is largely as a result of his analyses that the greater part of traditional philosophy is finally revealed as an elaborate art of self-deception a quest for an illusory goal. No more serious indictment could be leveled against traditional philosophy and if it is to survive it must withstand the attacks of Dewey and his school."