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In social theory dealing with human nature, a certain fixed and standardized “individual” has been postulated, from whose assumed traits social phenomena could be deduced.
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John Dewey
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Dewey critiques social theories for relying on a fixed notion of the individual, which oversimplifies human nature.
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