Dewey’s philosophy of mathematics, that of the Pragmatist Movement, is more empiricist, or even fallibilist , than absolutist. However, he never worked out fully the consequences of his views for the philosophy of mathematics. Thus, he had little impact on the absolutist philosophy of mathematics of the progressive tradition, except perhaps to shift it towords progressive absolutism. However his pragmatist view of knowledge was readily assimilated to the epistemology described above, with its focus on the empirical roots of knowledge (empiricism), as well as on the structured unfolding of knowledge in the mind of the individual, in accord with some absolute pattern (rationalism).