Re: [xmca] mediational theories of mind: Suggestions requested

On Aug 30, 2007, at 7:56 PM, David Williamson Shaffer wrote:

>
> Luisa--
>
> Thank you for forwarding your paper. I could only skim the
> provisional text
> (Portuguese not being a toolforthought that I have mastered,
> sadly), but I
> enjoyed what I was able to understand from it.
>
> Mike--
>
> If you (or others) are interested, I am also teaching a course this
> semester
> on mediational means (called, not surprisingly, Tools for Thought).
> I is one
> I have taught several times in the past, and I think the syllabus
> will have
> some overlaps with yours--and some differences too; the term
> "affinity" is
> aptly chosen in your comments below! My choices of readings are surely
> idiosyncratic, but the syllabus is available online if you (or
> others) are
> interested.
>
> The URL is http://epistemicgames.org/tft/wp-content/syllabus/
>
> David
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
>> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Luísa Aires
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:06 AM
>> To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu; 'eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity'
>> Subject: RE: [xmca] mediational theories of mind: Suggestions
>> requested
>>
>> Yes, Mike. "Toolforthoughts" is a very suitable analysis cathegory
>> to study
>> mediational means in digital society. Shaffer and Clintons'
>> perspective as
>> well as other ones have led to a revolution in my point of view about
>> thought and tools relations. I attach a provisional text, in
>> Portuguese. I
>> apologize Xmca--ities who don’t my language.
>>
>> Luísa Aires
>> www.aprende.com.pt
>>
>>
>> -----Mensagem original-----
>> De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
>> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em
>> nome
>> de Mike Cole
>> Enviada: quinta-feira, 30 de Agosto de 2007 4:57
>> Para: David Cross
>> Cc: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Assunto: Re: [xmca] mediational theories of mind: Suggestions
>> requested
>>
>> Lots of great suggestions. Yes, I think we have agreed about the
>> affinity
> of
>> toolforthoughts and mediational theories of mind.
>> Yes Dewey (Hickman on "Dewey's pragmatic philosophy"?? What
>> Snowdon? How
>> about Understanding Media as an opener for
>> contrast?
>> mike
>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority."
>>>
>>> Sir Francis Bacon
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Mike Cole wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Xmca-ites---
>>>
>>> Toward the end of the month I will begin teaching a grad course on
>>> mediational theories of mind.
>>> I would love suggestions for interesting readings.
>>> We will be looking in a sort of "mcLuhanesque" way at the
>>> affordances of
>>> different kinds of mediators
>>> in human action/activity/mind.
>>>
>>> So, language and thought
>>> writing
>>> film
>>> music
>>> tv
>>> rituals
>>> games
>>> .........
>>>
>>> Starting with early 20th century writers of general familiarity to
> members
>>> of this list, I have been thinking about including
>>> such works as Cszikentmihalyi, "meaning of things," Turkle's recent
>>> "evocative objects," and perhaps something on mediated
>>> behavior in large groups such as "the wisdom of crowds."
>>>
>>> Any and all suggestions warmly welcomed. So much going on its
>>> hard to
> even
>>> think about how to begin to think about this
>>> upcoming fall!!
>>>
>>> mike
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