Re: meanings and distributed cognition

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
Mon, 2 Sep 1996 22:46:34 -0400

>It never occured to me to doubt the essential me-ness in what I take to be
>meaning. Is this, in fact, the whole issue of situated and distributed
>cognition.. that is.. the idea that what I take to be my understanding or
>meaningfulness of a thing or idea or person is, in actuality, a social event
>- a situated and distributed event?

The meaning of that event is distributed, but there is a you-ness to the
meaning, too. Its connotations, its resonance with your particular
social history, experience at the moment, etc.
Your understanding is derived from both the meaning and its
relevance to you (the meaning of the meaning? - the individuated
slice of the "shared" or distributed gestalt?)

- Judy


Judy Diamondstone diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu
Graduate School of Education Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

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