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George Herbert Mead

George Herbert Mead

1863 – 1931

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Affordance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a way of seeing objects' relations to us such that we can say 'the chair invites us to sit down'.

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Beauty (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a separate quality in a face but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

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Community (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠conceived beyond the sphere of human society so as to also include the wider society of living nature. The human community becomes the biotic community of nature.

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Distinterestedness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠necessary for anyone interested in the public good; that is, we must not be interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

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Ethics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in a social concept of selfhood wherein the person is constituted by his relationships to others in a community.

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The Face's (n.) beauty ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

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A Game state (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a period of self-development that follows the play stage. Involves the development of the ability to take the role of the generalized other and to take part in group activity.

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The Generalized other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the overall attitude and general reactions of a group, community, or society.

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Gesture (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a vocalized sound or body movement that one creature uses to instigate or stimulate the actions of another creature such that an act involving the mutual influence of both parties occurs.

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I-witnessing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a creative and imaginative phase of the self, which notes present circumstances and environmental contexts and suggests possibly novel and surprising new actions. It is the self as 'knower'.