re: Mind as Action

James Wertsch (jwertsch who-is-at artsci.wustl.edu)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 07:36:38 -0500 (CDT)

Actually, this might happen to a lot of people. I originally wanted to
title this book MIND IN ACTION, but then I used that old cultural tool
known as AMAZON.COM and found out that there are some other books around
with the same title. So I had to move to something else. Doing so,
however, led me to reflect on the issue of what is in a title, and I came
to see some new twists in thinking about mind as action instead of mind in
action.

I find the reflections on xlchc on this issue insightful and useful, but
the story of how I came to mind as action is, I am afraid, a little more
mundane than what otherwise might be imagined.

Jim

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, nate wrote:

> Mind in Action rather than Mind as Action was an interesting slip indeed.
> The original messages in reference to Wertsch's book referred to Mind as
> Action. I assumed the original messages made a mistake on the title of
> Wertsch's book. As I looked at my copy of Wertsch's book I reread the title
> as Mind in Action, so the reason for the title of the thread as Mind in
> Action. Upon receiving John's message of changing the thread to Mind as
> Action, I decided to look at Wertsch's book again and I noticed the title
> changed from Mind in Action to Mind as Action. Is my copy of Wertsch's book
> the only one doing this or is this also happening with other copies
>
> Nate
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> NATE SCHMOLZE
> http://www.geocities.com/~nschmolze/
> schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu
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> People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds,
> People who possess strong feelings even people with great minds
> and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls
> L.S. Vygotsky
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