Eugene,
You are puzzling here when you say that reflectivity is an aspect of any
activity and any alive organism (even bacteria). So, how do you define
"reflectivity"?
Ana
Eugene Matusov wrote:
>Good point, Mike! But, I think your "breakfast actions" are still
>reflective. Try to talk with people who design robots and they will tell how
>reflective our "automatized actions" (or "operations" cf. Leontiev) are...
>Of course, we talk about different degree and quality of reflection. In my
>view, reflectivity is an aspect of any activity and any alive organism (even
>bacteria).
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>Of course, the issue is whether we care about reflection of a specific
>action. It depends on our purpose as researchers or as educators.
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>What do you think?
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>Eugene
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Mike Cole [mailto:mcole@weber.ucsd.edu]
>>Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 1:24 PM
>>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>>Subject: RE: Reflection and change in a CHAT/Cultural Psychology paradigm
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>>I think that not all practices are reflective in the sense that your
>>college student example illustates Eugenge. The practice of making
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>>in the morning in my household appears to be carried out by people about
>>whom one might wonder if they were conscious, never my reflective!
>>mike
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