Mary Whiton Calkins Quotes on Mind
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. This page collects quotes attributed to Mary Whiton Calkins on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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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.”