I think one place it makes a difference is in education.
It matters, when using unifix cubes for example, if one internalizes
the model represented (sign), or the model stays on the tool side of
the equation.
Personally, I like the differentiation. It matters deeply if the clock
in a school is used as a sign or a tool.
N
Mike Cole wrote:
>Eric--
>There is probably straight out disagreement or else conceptual misunderstanding
>regarding these terms. I am not sure which.
>
>I believe that cultural artifacts function as psychological tools
>depending upon the specifics of the case in question. My concern
>is to claim the primal unity in human life of the material and
>ideal in human culture/mind. Vygotsky divided mediators into two
>kinds depending upon their orientation. Kozulin has his interpretation.
>
>You might ask yourself when and whether and how making or not making
>such distinctions makes a difference.
>mike
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