The Evolution of the Psychical Element, by George Herbert Mead (Dec. 1899–March 1900 or 1898–1899)

• Published in: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 480 - 507
• Main Authors: Bawden, H. Heath, Decker, Kevin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Buffalo Indiana University Press 22-06-2008
• Subjects: Algebra; Attitudes; Consciousness; Democritus (460?-370?); Dialectical materialism; Geometric shapes; Mead, George Herbert; Mead, George Herbert (1863-1931); Philosophical object; Philosophical psychology; Psychological techniques; Psychology; Resultants; Skepticism; Social psychology; Society; Speeches, lectures and essays; Study and teaching; United States; United Kingdom > UK; England
• ISSN: 0009-1774; 1558-9587

[2] What the modern mind regards as the resultant of the process of knowledge and of intelligent conduct (the universal, the law, the principle, the rule, the habit), is conceived of by the ancient mind as given independent of the thinker or doer. The general method of the ancient world in reflective thought confines itself to bringing to consciousness the universals involved in their past interpretations of their environment, and their reactions upon it. In this emergence of the psychical element we have a general attitude which is giving us the resultant to the process and in all these results [62] we have the attempt to get a statement of [the] resultant in such a form that it might be true of every step of the process = the significance of functional ? wholly developmental.