George Herbert Mead

“THERE IS A CERTAIN TEMPORAL PROCESS GOING ON IN EXPERIENCE. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE ISSUES IN WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, AND IN THIS PASSAGE WHAT HAS OCCURRED DETERMINES SPATIO-TEMPORALLY WHAT IS PASSING INTO THE FUTURE. SO FAR THEN AS WE CAN DETERMINE THE CONSTANTS OF MOTION WE CAN FOLLOW THAT DETERMINATION, AND OUR ANALYSIS SEEKS TO RESOLVE THE HAPPENING IN SO FAR AS MAY BE INTO MOTION. IN GENERAL, SINCE PASSAGE IS ITSELF GIVEN IN EXPERIENCE, THE DIRECTION OF CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON PARTLY CONDITIONS WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE. THE EVENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THE DIRECTION OF THE PROCESS GOING ON FORM THE BASIS FOR THE RATIONAL DETERMINATION OF THE FUTURE. THE IRREVOCABLE PAST AND THE OCCURRING CHANGE ARE THE TWO FACTORS TO WHICH WE TIE UP ALL OUR SPECULATIONS IN REGARD TO THE FUTURE. PROBABILITY IS FOUND IN THE CHARACTER OF THE PROCESS WHICH IS GOING ON IN EXPERIENCE. YET HOWEVER EAGERLY WE SEEK FOR SUCH SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES AS CARRY WITH THEM DEDUCIBLE RESULTS, WE NONE THE LESS RECOGNIZE RELATIONS O