The Philosophy of the Act
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The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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| The Philosophy of the Act canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4311431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Philosophy of the Act Context triple: [George Herbert Mead, notableWork, The Philosophy of the Act]
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A.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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B.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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C.
Outlines of Moral Philosophy
Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral reasoning.
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D.
The Science of Ethics
The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
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E.
The Elements of Morality
The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Philosophy of the Act Target entity description: The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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A.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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B.
Convention: A Philosophical Study
Convention: A Philosophical Study is a landmark 1969 book by philosopher David Lewis that develops a formal account of social conventions using tools from game theory and modal logic.
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C.
Outlines of Moral Philosophy
Outlines of Moral Philosophy is a foundational 18th-century work in moral philosophy by Scottish Enlightenment thinker Dugald Stewart, offering a systematic account of ethics, human nature, and moral reasoning.
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D.
The Science of Ethics
The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
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E.
The Elements of Morality
The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | George Herbert Mead ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
act as basic unit of experience
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emergence of mind from social interaction ⓘ perspective and reality ⓘ relation between organism and environment ⓘ role of conduct in knowledge ⓘ social foundations of cognition ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergence of the self
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interaction between organism and environment ⓘ perspective-taking ⓘ temporal structure of action ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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pragmatism ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
act
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conduct and knowledge ⓘ emergent event ⓘ gesture ⓘ object as perspective-relative ⓘ perspective ⓘ situation ⓘ social origin of mind ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTradition |
naturalism
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pragmatism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century American philosophy
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social psychology ⓘ symbolic interactionism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Sanders Peirce
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John Dewey ⓘ William James ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
action
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environment ⓘ experience ⓘ experience and nature ⓘ mind ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ self ⓘ social behaviorism ⓘ |
| movement |
American pragmatism
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social behaviorism ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| posthumousWorkOf | George Herbert Mead ⓘ |
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Subject: The Philosophy of the Act Description of subject: The Philosophy of the Act is a posthumously published collection of George Herbert Mead’s writings that develops his pragmatist and social behaviorist account of action, experience, and the emergence of mind.
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