George Herbert Mead

Maya Belenkaya, a Soviet figure skater, was born and she would go on to become a Soviet national champion in figure skating several times.

And then on the death side, April 26th, George Herbert Mead, which the name rang a bell.

It said that he was a philosopher.

I don't think I've ever read any of his work, but I've heard the name somewhere.

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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Jean Del Frio Iowa City, Iowa The Social Self By George Herbert Mead First published in Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods 10 374-380 Recognizing that the self cannot appear in consciousness as an I, that it is always an object, i.e. a me, I wish to suggest an answer to the question, what is involved in the self being an object? The first answer may be that an object involves a subject.

Stated in other words, that a me is inconceivable without an I.

And to this reply must be made that such an I is a presupposition, but never a presentation of conscious experience.