Material and Economical Self

• William James

  • Father of American Psychology
  • Identified various components of the Empirical self, one of which is what he called a Material Self.
• "That Man's Material self is not only consisting of his own body but also includes the different things he possesses from ones’ family, friends, as well as things such as, ones clothes, house, cars, gadgets, end even the amount of money he has in the bank."

   - William James
• Self as “Me”

  • Body
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Possessions
• James' idea of the Material Self

  • One defines themselves and at the same time is being defined by the people they are acquainted with along with the accumulation of objects and achievements that a person acquired from the different endeavors and experiences in life.
• James' idea of the Material Self

  • The losing of such objects or people will render one feel that a part of him was also lost at the same time.
  • We represent ourselves through clothes, the gadgets we wear, the friends we have and the things that we do.
  • All of these contribute to whether we are accepted or not in the world we live in.