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Abstract Five issues are raised in response to Gergen's comments: (a) agency as a unique form of relational being, (b) agency as self-determination, (c) self as first-person experience and understanding of particular existence, (d) the mereological fallacy, and (e) the necessity of a development perspective for recognizing the emergence of persons as self-determining agents. Acknowledgments This article was originally presented at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in San Diego, August 2010. The presentation was part of a symposium entitled "Exploring and Critiquing Ken Gergen's Book Relational Being."
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