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Hearing

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The Importance of Hearing

Some philosophers have suggested that it's actually how we recognize ourselves. George Herbert Mead, for instance, early 20th century philosopher and sociologist argues that the very sense of self emerges socially through the experience of hearing ourselves speak. So in speaking, we come to know that we are agents because we see the effects of our own activity.

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