I feel I have a good grasp of the basics when writing Chinese, but it does become a bother when actually writing essays or articles. This isn't really a grammatical issues, but rather it is a problem I have when trying to figure out stylistic choices. Any advice on what I can do to learn from here?
So what I'm really asking is 1) Are there any philosophers alive today who identify as Deweyans? and 2) What academic journals would discuss topics that John Dewey was famous for (pragmatism, democratic education, etc.)?
My main question here is related to if personality change is possible. I know that we have the big five traits and all of that, but what are the effects of child education, therapy, and the cognitive acts of the person on personality? I know that personality is the result of both nature (genetic factors) and nurture (environment), but I want to focus on the environmental effects on developing personality.
The big question here is if personality is more passive (e.g. the result of childhood education, the reception of environment, etc.), vs active (e.g. cognitive management, deliberate choices, etc.).