Per una ontologia cognitiva pragmatista. Il contributo di G.H. Mead.

The article discusses some theoretical elements to integrate the different perspectives on cognition within a pragmatist framework. In this regard, some philosophical and psychological theories of G. H. Mead are taken into account. In particular, his theory of perception in action presents elements that can integrate the different versions of enactivism. His behavioural theory of meaning stands as a point of synthesis between phylogeny and ontogeny of human language and cognition. His notion of sympathy is a useful conceptual tool for developing a working hypothesis about social cognition, revealing some interesting similarities with the notion of empathy used in neuroscience.