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455Through 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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168Mead, Sartre: Self, object, and reflectionPhilosophy and Social Criticism 11 (2): 63-86. 1986.Sartre seeks both to overcome solipsism and clarify how the individual becomes an object—with a seemingly fixed char acter—through his account of The Look in Being and Nothingness. While his description of how The Look of the other transforms one into an object may at first appear to be confirmed by experience, the account proves to be inade quate as a refutation of solipsism and in showing exactly how one becomes an object. On the other hand, G.H. Mead has a convincing approach to how the self …Read more
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155George Herbert MeadStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), American philosopher and social theorist, is often classed with William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey as one of the most significant figures in classical American pragmatism. Dewey referred to Mead as “a seminal mind of the very first order” (Dewey, 1932, xl). Yet by the middle of the twentieth-century, Mead's prestige was greatest outside of professional philosophical circles. He is considered by many to be the father of the school of Symbolic In…Read more
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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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93Habermas 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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92Hegel's dialectic and Marx's manuscripts of 1844Studies in East European Thought 18 (1): 33-44. 1978.
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80Voices and Selves: Beyond the Modern-Postmodern DivideThe Pluralist 8 (1): 1-12. 2013.Arthur O. Lovejoy famously referred to thirteen pragmatisms. If he were called on to enumerate postmodernisms, no doubt he would increase this number tenfold.1 Fortunately I need not follow his lead for the task at hand, namely, to discuss whether the pragmatic tradition can narrow the divide between modernism and postmodernism on the topic of cosmopolitanism. To do so I will focus on specific sets of ideas that have been associated with these terms. So, for example, modernists have been viewed …Read more
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55Was George Herbert Mead a Feminist?Hypatia 8 (2). 1993.George Herbert Mead was a dedicated progressive and internationalist who strove to realize his political convictions through participation in numerous civic organizations in Chicago. These convictions informed and were informed by his approach to philosophy. This article addresses the bonds between Mead's philosophy, social psychology, and his support of women's rights through an analysis of a letter he wrote to his daughter-in-law regarding her plans for a career.
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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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42Articles on universality and individuality, reflective solidarityConstellations 2 (1): 94-113. 1995.
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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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38The Philosophy of John William Miller (review)International Studies in Philosophy 25 (3): 116-117. 1993.
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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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32George 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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28Letters to the EditorProceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 66 (1). 1992.
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28George Herbert Mead, 1863–1931In Armen T. Marsoobian & John Ryder (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy, Blackwell. 2004.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Intellectual Influences Sociality Self and Society.
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17Philosophy, 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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17The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-DeterminationYale University Press. 1986.In this pathbreaking book Mitchell Aboulafia considers the development of the sense of self by critically analyzing the philosophies of George Herbert Mead--an American pragmatist who argues that self-consciousness results from social interaction through language and symbol--and of Jean-Paul Sartre, the existentialist who maintains that consciousness is free to create the self. Building on their work, Aboulafia provides an original analysis of consciousness and self-determination.
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17Copyright© 2006 SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi) and David RasmussenPhilosophy and Social Criticism 32 (7): 903-907. 2006.
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11Habermas and Pragmatism (edited book)Routledge. 2002.There are few living thinkers who have enjoyed the eminence and reown of Jürgen Hamermas. His work has been highly influential not only in philosopy, but also in the fields of politics, sociology and law. This is the first collection dedicated to exploring the connections between his body of work ahd America's most significant philosophical movement, pragmatism. Habermas and Pragmatism considers the influence of pragmatism on Habermas's thought and the tensions between Habermasian social theory …Read more
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19th Century Philosophy |
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