I have read Dewey's books. I hold a philosophy degree. I do not find "nuance" in Dewey's work, I find a very disordered mind that has convinced itself that self-contradiction is rational. In several of his works on "education," Dewey claims education is NOT the act of actually coming to know and understand what is, but rather, education is just the process of "trying." Dewey was OK with the student thinking 2+2=5...until the student "learns" it is't true. But Dewey never addresses the need to teach the student 2+2=4 so, if the student goes through life thinking 2+2=5, Dewey has no answer for this. Dewey also says his goal is to create a humanist utopia and that the teacher is the prophet who will usher in this new world order of Man as God. No, anyone who UNDERSTANDS Dewey is revolted by him - or sees him as an ally in exercising control over all of society. In short, the man was evil and we are paying the price for those who embraced his ideology and method.