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Mind as Action
Abstract
This book argues against reductionist accounts of human cognition and proposes a sociocultural perspective, which moves beyond the isolated individual. It suggests that “mediated action” and cultural tools shape cognitive processes and can explain how they are organized. The book argues that, in many human endeavours, the outcomes we are interested in are not determined by the information-processing ability of the individual, but by countless forces in the environment.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wertsch, J. V.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wertsch, James V.
- ORCID
- Wertsch, James V.
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1997-01-12
- OpenAlex
- W1597854858
- Cited by
- 3,065
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.95
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Keywords
- mediated action, cultural tools, anti-reductionism, human cognition, cognitive organization, information processing
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