Mind as Action

by James V. Wertsch

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0195117530

ISBN-13 9780195117530

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 12th, 1998

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 488 grams

Dimensions 23.70 x 16.30 x 2.10 cms

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Wertsch argues against reductionist accounts of human cognition and proposes a sociocultural perspective, which moves beyond the isolated individual. He suggests that "mediated action" and cultural tools shape cognitive processes and can explain how they are organized.

A study which argues against reductionist accounts of human cognition and proposes a sociocultural perspective, moving beyond the isolated individual. The author claims that, in many human endeavours, the outcomes we are interested in are not determined by the information processing ability of the individual, but by forces in the environment.

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