Dewey in “The Process of Scientific Thought” and Aristotle in Metaphysics must deal with the relationship between theory and art. The two authors have different, but not completely opposing, ideas about the relative importance and relationship between the practical use of knowledge and the pursuit of knowledge per se. Much of Dewey's essay focuses on how practical experiences inform and jump-start inductive and deductive processes. spend. In his first example, he describes how a person can retrieve and analyze information about different modes of transportation to determine which one will get them to their destination on time. When the person takes the chosen mode of transportation, they obtain information that confirms or refutes their induction, thus deductively confirming knowledge of the fastest mode of transportation. This example resembles Dewey's theory of values, mainly because of how it can be applied in practice. Although Dewey emphasizes the practical applications of knowledge, he does not do so by demeaning knowledge for its own sake. In his second example, Dewey describes a man on a boat who notices a strange rod protruding from the side of the boat. At first he thinks it's a flagpole, but the evidence suggests that's unlikely. He goes through several other possibilities before settling on the explanation that the pole is to help steer the ship. In the third example, someone is washing dishes and notices that bubbles are migrating inside the bowls and experiments to explain the phenomenon. These discoveries do not seem to have any immediate practical value, so Dewey cannot value thought solely for its practical applications. Dewey warns against reaching conclusions that are...... middle of paper...... assertion that all men The desire to know can simplify the fact that men may not want to make the effort to know or may be unhappy with the truth once they know it, but in my experience this is not wrong. A world in which knowledge was sought solely for its practical applications would be likely to ignore the interests of those who lack the funding or influence to advocate for their own needs. However, beyond practical needs, such a world would never know the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. . Psychology teaches the overjustification effect, where a person's internal desire to complete a task will decrease when an incentive to complete the task is provided. If knowledge is sought only for practical gain, the pleasure of research would diminish. This is not to say that knowledge cannot be applied in practice, but that practical application should not be the end goal..