naa a22 4500 510806724 CHVBK 20180411083422.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11614-013-0104-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11614-013-0104-4 Madzia Roman Vendryně 68, 73994, Vendryně, Czech Republic aut Mead and self-embodiment: imitation, simulation, and the problem of taking the attitude of the other [Elektronische Daten] [Roman Madzia] George Herbert Mead was, arguably, the first philosopher and social psychologist to advance what we might now call the embodied theory of social mind. In his view, the human self emerges out of relationships of bodies interacting with each other while pursuing common social goals. The human self and language originate in a bodily conversation of gestures and in the uniquely human ability of taking the attitude/role of the other. In the first part, the paper analyzes Mead's treatment of embodiment and briefly contrasts it with contemporary theories of "mind-reading” (theory-theory, simulation theory). Next, it focuses on the findings of mirror neuron research and tries to answer the question of whether mirror neurons provide sufficient mechanisms for imitation, thus, undermining Mead's lifelong conviction that imitation cannot predate taking the attitude/role of the other (a line of criticism recently taken up by Stephen Turner). The author concludes that mirror neurons, by themselves, do not represent a sufficient condition for imitation and further suggests that we ought to understand the functioning of mirror neuron mechanisms in terms of simulation rather than imitation. Adoption of such a position, as the author argues, reinforces Mead's pragmatist emphasis on the role of embodiment in human social interaction. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2013 Pragmatism nationallicence George Herbert Mead nationallicence Cognitive science nationallicence Mirror neurons nationallicence Imitation nationallicence Embodied cognition nationallicence Action nationallicence Intersubjectivity nationallicence Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 38(2013-11-01), 195-213 1011-0070 38<195 2013 38 11614 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-013-0104-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-013-0104-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Madzia Roman Vendryně 68, 73994, Vendryně, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 38(2013-11-01), 195-213 1011-0070 38<195 2013 38 11614 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer