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33Self-Consciousness and the Quasi-Epic of the MasterIn Philosophical Forum, Suny Press. pp. 223--248. 1991.
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33George Herbert Mead and the Unity of the SelfEuropean Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 8 (1). 2016.After more than seventy-five years of scholarship on Mead’s notion of the self, commentators still debate the meaning of the term. There are those who argue that it should be understood primarily as a socially constructed “me,” while others claim that the self is a combination of the spontaneous “I” and the “me.” In addition, there are those who emphasize facets of the self that do not fit neatly into either of these two camps. Support for various interpretations of the self can in fact be found…Read more
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456Through the Eyes of Mad Men: Simulation, Interaction, and EthicsEuropean Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy (2): 133-147. 2011.Traditionally pragmatists have been favorably disposed to improving our understanding of agency and ethics through the use of empirical research. In the last two decades simulation theory has been championed in certain cognitive science circles as a way of explaining how we attribute mental states and predict human behavior. Drawing on research in psychology and neuroscience, Alvin I. Goldman and Robert M. Gordon have not only used simulation theory to discuss how we “mindread”, but have suggest…Read more
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53The Cosmopolitan Self: George Herbert Mead and Continental PhilosophyUniversity of Illinois Press. 2001.This important volume appreciably advances the dialogue between continental thought and classical American philosophy.
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George Herbert MeadIn John Lachs Robert B. Talisse (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Wiley-blackwell. 2005.
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40From Folk Psychology to Deontology: Nancy Fraser on Redistribution and RecognitionContemporary Pragmatism 2 (2): 127-144. 2005.Nancy Fraser has challenged the view that issues of identity are more central to political and social reform than attention to economic disparities. Fraser proposes a status model of recognition that treats recognition as a question of justice, rather than as a question of self-realization. In addition to appealing to the deontological, she also draws on folk paradigms and addresses them in a manner that reflects a sympathy with pragmatism. This article highlights difficulties that Fraser faces …Read more
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The Ideal of Democracy, on John Dewey and American Democracy (review)American Quarterly 44 (2). 1992.
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2W.E.B. Du Bois : double-consciousness, Jamesian sympathy, and the critical turnIn Cheryl Misak (ed.), The Oxford handbook of American philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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Creativity in George Herbert Mead (review)Texas Journal of Ideas, History, and Culture 14 (1). 1991.
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94Habermas and pragmatism (edited book)Routledge. 2002.Jürgen Habermas is one of the most important thinkers of this century. His work has been highly influential not only in philosophy, but particularly in the fields of politics, sociology and law. This is the first collection that explores the connections between his body of work and North America's biggest philosophical movement, pragmatism. Habermas and Pragmatism investigates the influences of pragmatism on Habermas' thought in a collection of stellar essays with contributions by Habermas himse…Read more
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42Articles on universality and individuality, reflective solidarityConstellations 2 (1): 94-113. 1995.
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18Philosophy, Social Theory, and the Thought of George Herbert Mead (edited book)SUNY Press. 1991.This book brings together some of the finest recent critical and expository work on Mead, written by American and European thinkers from diverse traditions. For English-speaking audiences it provides an introduction to recent European work on Mead. The essays reveal the richness of Mead’s thought, and will stimulate those who have thought about him from very specific vantage points to consider him in new ways
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119Transcendence: on self-determination and cosmopolitanismStanford University Press. 2010.Don't fence me in : Rorty and Sartre -- On freedom and action : Dewey and Sartre -- A (neo) American in Paris : Bourdieu and Mead -- Mead on cosmopolitanism, sympathy, and war -- W.E.B. Du Bois : double-consciousness, Jamesian sympathy, and the cosmopolitan -- Self-concept in the new sociology of ideas : reflections on Neil Gross's Richard Rorty : the making of an American philosopher -- Eros and self-determination -- What if Hegel's master and slave were women?
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1Generalized OtherIn John Lachs Robert B. Talisse (ed.), American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, . 2008.
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Mead on Cosmopolitanism, Sympathy, and WarIn Chad Kautzer & Eduardo Mendieta (eds.), Pragmatism, Nation, and Race: Community in the Age of Empire, Indiana University Press. pp. 89. 2009.
Boston College
PhD
Bronx, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
19th Century Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
European Philosophy |