ex-spurts

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:28:39 -0700 (PDT)

Robin-- I want to pick up on one aspects of a recent note.

1. Looking for expert/agreed upon knowledge about learning and development.

My son, in his gentler moments, has likened experts to ex-spurts: drips under
pressure. To think that there is a "one right answer" to understandig the
implications of thinking that mind is culturally mediated/consituted is
like thinking that there is one best flavor of ice cream. Of course, its
chocolate, but......

What we are dealing with here is a world view, a heterogeneous
family of intuitions with histories as long as you care to
delve into, that are somehow related.

I actually had the opposite reaction to recent discussions from yours.
I came away surprised that I thought within reach a graspable list
of principles with wide acceptance!

Oh well, all that lack of snow and ice melts one's brains instead!
mike
mike