Mead, George Herbert - Paul Tibbetts (essay date 1974)
Paul Tibbetts (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: "Mead's Theory of the Act and Perception: Some Empirical Confirmations," in The Personalist, Vol. LV, No. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. 115-38.
[In the following essay, Tibbetts explores Mead's theory of the act and suggests how it can be used to interpret recent findings in experimental psychology. ]
INTRODUCTION
To students of recent American philosophy George Herbert Mead presents a paradox, for whereas Dewey and Whitehead recognized Mead as perhaps this country's most profound and original thinker, his writings largely continue to be ignored by most philosophers today. Though substantial work has been done on Mead's place in the history of ideas1-5, his social psychology6-9, and his theory of knowledge10-13, little has appeared on his theory of the act14-17. This is highly unfortunate since this was Mead's most distinctive and suggestive contribution...
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