Mary Whiton Calkins Quotes
Mary Whiton Calkins was an American philosopher and psychologist and the first woman elected president of both the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association. She completed all the requirements for the Harvard doctorate under William James and Josiah Royce in 1895, but the Harvard Corporation refused to grant the degree to a woman. The quotes below are attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins, organized by topic.
Mary Whiton Calkins on Mind
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Attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins:
“The self is the most fundamental category of psychology.”
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Attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins:
“Personalist idealism takes selves as the only finally real beings.”
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Attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins:
“Consciousness is always self-consciousness.”
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Attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins:
“To study a person is the highest task of philosophy.”
Mary Whiton Calkins on Politics
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Attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins:
“The recognition of women as philosophers is overdue, not extraordinary.”