H. Mead as social behaviorist: the problem of interpretation
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Keywords

Mead, behaviorism, observation, introspection, symbolic interactions, understanding

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Naumenko, V. (2018). H. Mead as social behaviorist: the problem of interpretation. Multiversum. Philosophical Almanac, (5-6), 80-88. https://doi.org/10.35423/2078-8142.2016.5-6.07

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of interpretation of G.H. Mead’s conception in order to clarify its relation to behavioristic methodology. Mead uses behavioristic terminology for thematization of human behavior. Mead’s arguments concerning act, language and mental phenomena are directed radically against the principles of Watson’s classical behaviorism. They suppose an aim to understand the meanings of human actions not by the means of observation but within the symbolic interactions. It is shown the perspective to regard Mead’s conception in the context of interpretative approach based on the method of understanding in social research.

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