Hi Renee, in response to your question:
What do you (all) think?
I think that development, as defined by people within a system of activity, is
indeed value-laden. It seems to hold for many classrooms and schools, which
assign merits according to the direction that development takes -- how much it
is in line with, say, learning objectives. Development so defined within such
a cultural system is a measure of how well the person, related to Wharf's sense
of inculturation, *voluntarily* takes up what is valued within the system. The
difference between resistance and failure in one particular dimension seems to
be what you and Eugene recognize as the intentionality of the act.
Just ventriloquating - is this what you are saying?
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[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
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