[Xmca-l] Re: Passions, (Projects?) and Interests

[James Ma]

PS: Andy, this experience should include other people's experience as well
since life is too short. I think Saussure ad Vygotsky would agree. :)
James


On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 10:28, James Ma <jamesma320@gmail.com> wrote:


> It has to be abstractions, Andy. Human understanding is by nature
> abstraction from experience. James
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 10:20, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>
>> So we have axiological, ontological, epistemological and motivational
>> angles to line up. Amazing people ever get to do anything by the time they
>> figure that all out. :)
>>
>> How would you go about conceiving of human life holistically, rather than
>> a sum of all these abstractions?
>>
>> Andy
>> ------------------------------
>> Andy Blunden
>> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
>> On 12/01/2019 8:58 pm, James Ma wrote:
>>
>> Hi Huw, I agree with you very much. What's behind one's interest is by
>> all means an ontological and epistemological stance as a driving force to
>> deal with what there is to appeal to one and how one might go about
>> pursuing it. Above all, one has an axiological positioning that is meshed
>> with his/her ontological and epistemological stance.
>> James
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 13:58, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For Vygotsky, interests are intentions.  Although he recognises that
>>> Lewin's structural theory is inadequate with regard to discerning the
>>> essence of interests, his own writings in that chapter focus upon
>>> developmental patterns of interests, and he does not get around to being
>>> explicit about what is behind interest -- what is really driving it. To a
>>> certain extent this is answered with the social situation of development,
>>> but unless one reads between the lines there is a great deal of vagueness,
>>> such as with reference to psychological functions.
>>>
>>> I have a rather large theoretical paper I am completing on this to
>>> compliment some empirical work. What I state is that it is epistemology
>>> (and ontology) that is the interest behind interest.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Huw
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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