Hello everyone, I copied Valsiner (2007) which has his final ideas on abduction and specifically thinking as a cultural process Please tell me if you cannot open these pages I have a limited technology Denise -----Original Message----- From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole Sent: 07 August 2010 19:21 To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] Valsiner and pseudoconcepts Thanks Denise. This time of year (in northern hemisphere) everyone is moving around in every which direction. And when lots of people get into the discussion. multi-voicedness goes ballistic!! Will read Valsiner on abduction with interest. Mulling over the abduction/ imagination connection which intuitively works, although I had not connect the two ideas before (the influence, too, of prior discussions about LSV and imagination). Sure a lot of threads entangled here. very interesting. mike On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Denise Newnham <dsnewnham@bluewin.ch> wrote: > Dear Michael, > > > > I wrote to Jaan about your question as no where was it clearly stipulated > in > the earlier works and he has just replied so I forward his words and text > > > > Denise > > Dear Denise, > > > > Good question! In 1998 I was somewhat naively optimistic about Peirce cand > abduction (see Pizarroso & V 2009 on overcoming that optimism). > > But the 1998 quote from my book is indeed an embryonic form of what later > (2001 in Potsdam, and more thoroughly in my 2007 book CULTURE IN MINDS AND > SOCIETIES became clear-- words as POINT-LIKE CONCEPTS cannot be the highest > level of semiotic mediation as they would close up further creativity of > meaning-making. So Vygotsky was basically limited. > > Instead, the pseudo-concept translates in my terminology into field-type > sign (Level 4 in my system of semiotic mediation) > > > > Jaan > > > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On > Behalf Of Michael Glassman > Sent: 05 August 2010 15:22 > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: RE: [xmca] Valsiner and pseudoconcepts > > > > Hi Denise, > > > > I was wondering, does Valsiner have an argument as to how and why > pseudo-concepts actally aids in Peirces ilogic of abduction. I am > currently > under the impresson that abduction is primarily about hypothesis generation > - the ability to develop new hypotheses in response to unique problems. So > I'm wondering what role pseudo-concepts, if we are going by Vygotsky's > definition, might play in all this. > > > > Michael > > > > _____ > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of Denise Newnham > Sent: Thu 8/5/2010 5:26 AM > To: ablunden@mira.net; 'eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity' > Subject: RE: [xmca] Valsiner and pseudoconcepts > > Hello Andy, the reference as you saw to pseudoconcepts is in his book 'The > guided mind' 1998 and the other is : The development of the concept of > development: Historical and epistemological perspectives. In W. Damon, & R. > Lerner(Eds), Handbook of child psychology. 5th Ed. VOl.1. Theoretical > models > of human development (pp. 189-232). New York: Wiley. > > I quote (1998): 'Vygotsky and his colleagues (Luria would be the closest > example) attributed and overly idealized role to the role of concepts in > human reasoning. The role fitted with his emphasis on the hierarchy of > mental functions (i.e. higher mental functions regulating lower ones), yet > by this exaggerated emphasis the focus on the process of semiogenesis is > actually diminished. In contrast, it could be claimed that pseudo-concepts > (i.e. specific unified conglomerates of concept and complex qualities) are > the core (and highest form) of human psychological functioning. The claim > would fit with the unity of representational fields (of Karl Buhler, > described and extended earlier) and with the central focus of abduction > (rather than induction or deduction) in the process of making sense (along > the lines of Pierce). > > I read you paper 'when is a concept really a concept' and heard that there > was a debate on XMCA but as I was not connected at that time have not heard > or read this debate. > > Denise > > -----Original Message----- > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On > Behalf Of Andy Blunden > Sent: 05 August 2010 10:22 > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: [xmca] Valsiner and pseudoconcepts > > Can you give us the full reference for "see Valsiner, > 1997d", Denise, and maybe even the context? I just find it > incredible that someone could know as much about Vygotsky as > Valsiner does and place pseduoconcepts at the top of the > development hierarchy. > > Andy > > Denise Newnham wrote: > > Dear Larry and others, > > > > I am new to this game so perhaps am doing something out of turn so if so > let > > me know. Larry I read your reply and this extract below made me think of > > Valsiner's work on semiotic mediators and concepts where he states that > > pseudoconcepts (1998, p.278-279) should be placed at the top to the > > developmental hierarchy as the hierarchy should be seen as 'open to > changes > > or formation of intrasensitive order- [see Valsiner, 1997d]' (2001, p. > > 85).This brings ot my mind Markova's discussion on the spontaneous of > > intuitive in knowledge formation (2003) and I think that Cole's fifth > > dimension attests to this argument. There is an interesting paper by > > Galligan (2008) "using Valsiner" on the web. > > > > Denise > > > > 'These reflections of linking up multiple perspectives lead to the > > developmental question of how socially situated microgenetic experiences > > get "generalized" into "higher" levels of organization that organize > > experience across situations [and organize the relation of the "lower" > and > > "higher" > > functions]?' > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] > On > > Behalf Of Larry Purss > > Sent: 04 August 2010 19:04 > > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > > Subject: Re: [xmca] Fwd: [COGDEVSOC] Call For Papers: Special Issue on > > Mindreading, Review of Philosophy and Psychology > > > > Hi Leif and Katerina > > > > Leif, > > I have recently read Daniel Stern's latest book "The Present Moment" and > I > > agree that he has a fascinating perspective on the topic of "engagement" > > that emphasizes a "non-mind reading interpretation" of engaging with > > others. I will look up his earlier work discussing Vygotsky and Glick. > It > > is also interesting that you mention Joseph Glick. Glick's articles on > > Werner are also fascinating as they suggest that Werner was also focused > on > > "microgenesis" as central to developmental accounts. > > > > Katerina, > > I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "accept metaphor" but generally I > > accept metaphor as a central way of understanding "human science" as > > interpretive and "perspectival". As I read Glick's interpretation of > > Werner's microgenetic developmental theory, I was also REFLECTING on Mike > & > > Natalia's focus on the microgenetic social situation of development, and > > also my attempt to link these perspectives with neo-Meadian notions of > > social ACTS [interchangeability of actual social positions]. These > > reflections of linking up multiple perspectives lead to the developmental > > question of how socially situated microgenetic experiences get > > "generalized" into "higher" levels of organization that organize > experience > > across situations [and organize the relation of the "lower" and "higher" > > functions]? > > > > Glick's article "Werner's Relevance for Contemporary Developmental > > Psychology" points out that Werner thought developmental processes got > > organized "at one of three different levels: the sensorimotor, the > > perceptual, or the symbolic." (p.562) Metaphor organizes experience at > the > > 3rd symbolic level and at this level we can have metaphoric models of > "mind" > > [for example: conversation, text, computers, dance, orchestra, etc.] > > However, this still leaves us with questioning the RELATIONAL process of > > linking language and metaphor to the other levels of organization at the > > sensorimotor and perceptual levels. > > Stern, Reddy, Werner, Glick, Gillespie & Martin, Mike and Natalia, and > > others are exploring the possible dynamic fluidity of the capacity for > > organizing and structuring the 3 levels of experience that may be more > > reciprocal [and possibly simultaneous assemby] than a linear teleological > > dynamic. The question becomes, how central are the sensorimotor and > > perceptual ways of "constructing" or "forming" experience once social > > situations of development are symbolic [and metaphorical]? As Glick > points > > out, Werner believed these language and symbolic functions "undergo a > > differentiation process from deeper sensorimotor roots." (p.562) However > > these deeper roots are NOT TRANSCENDED but continue to organize > experience. > > The notion of "leading activity" implies an INVARIANT linear process > where > a > > specific leading activity DOMINATES each stage of development. An > > alternative perspective emphasizes the fluidity of these "leading > > activities" as continuing to remain central for development. For > > example functions such as "affiliation" are not only dominant in one > > specific stage of developmentand then recede into the background, but > > ACTUALLY continue to ACTIVELY organize experience [depending on the > societal > > microgenetic situation of development]. Whether the previous "leading > > activity" recedes or remains active is dependent, not on the stage of > > development [age determined] but rather on the particular social > situation > > of development. Mike's point that particular school contexts correlate > with > > particular ages of students allows 2 alternative models of development. > > Stage theory that is age "determined" or layered development that is > > socially situated [schools CONSTRAIN affiliative activity which recedes > into > > the background] If the 2nd alternative guided how we structured schools > and > > affiliation and interchangeability of social positions was VALUED, > identity > > and concept development would be altered. > > My personal fascination, working in schools, is the idea of the > possibility > > of creating institutional structures which promote the > "interchangeability > > of social positions in social acts" and how to facilitate social spaces > > which nurture this interchangeability. An example of this is the creation > of > > the 5th dimension METAPHORICAL SPACES where interchangeability of > positions > > is fluid and dynamic and leads to the development of "agentic capacity" > > where ALL participants experience being recognized and experiencing > OTHERS > > RESPONDING to their recognition. This affiliative activity is formative > of > > particular "identity" characteristics [communal self] and also "concept > > development" formed within microgenetic moments of development. The > reason > I > > appreciate neo-Meadian accounts of development are > > there privileging the centrality of ACTUAL INTERCHANGEABILITY of social > > positions [which simultaneously organize and regulate sensorimotor, > > perceptual, and symbolic experiences]. I also believe this "ideal" of > > actual interchangeability is fundamentally affiliative and dialogical as > the > > participants openly share perspectives. This also creates social > > spaces where cognitive development [and reflective capacity] is nurtured > and > > "grown" [cultured] > > > > Larry > > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Katerina Plakitsi > <kplakits@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Larry, with "trans situated" do you mean that you accept "metaphor", > which > >> is been considered as a constructivist argument? > >> Katerina Plakitsi > >> Assistant Professor of Science Education > >> Department of Early Childhood Education > >> School of Education > >> University of Ioannina > >> 45110 > >> Greece > >> tel.: +302651005771 office > >> fax: +302651005842 > >> tel.: +6972898463 mobile > >> e-mail: kplakits@cc.uoi.gr > >> http://users.uoi.gr/kplakits > >> http://users.uoi.gr/5conns > >> http://erasmus-ip.uoi.gr <http://erasmus-ip.uoi.gr/> > >> http://www.edife.gr/school/5oschool.html > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Larry Purss" <lpscholar2@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:43 PM > >> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> > >> Subject: Re: [xmca] Fwd: [COGDEVSOC] Call For Papers: Special Issue on > >> > >> Mindreading, Review of Philosophy and Psychology > >> > >> Hi Martin > >>> This topic of "mind-reading" vs "non-mind reading" models of young > >>> infants > >>> CAPACITY for attending to and ENGAGING with other "minds" [persons] is > a > >>> fascinating topic which has been discussed previously in CHAT > >>> conversations > >>> on this listserve. > >>> I recently read V. Reddy's book which recommends a 2nd person societal > >>> interactional microgenetic model of non-mind reading. I have sympathy > for > >>> this particular perspective. However, I would like to read more widely > on > >>> this particular topic. > >>> > >>> Do you or others on this listserve have any recommendations for further > >>> articles which engage with the pros and cons of the various models in > a > >>> spirit similar to the proposed intent of the special issue of the > Review > >>> of > >>> Philosophy and Psychology? > >>> > >>> I'm curious about the various theories of young infants capacity for > >>> engaging with others within sociogenesis, ontogenesis, and > microgenesis. > >>> However, I'm also interested in how the various models of "infants > >>> engaging > >>> with others" become transformed in the transition to > >>> TRANS-situational understandings [the development of "higher" mental > >>> functions.] > >>> > >>> Larry > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>> Begin forwarded message: > >>>>> From: Victoria Southgate <v.southgate@bbk.ac.uk> > >>>>> Date: August 2, 2010 4:22:07 AM GMT-05:00 > >>>>> To: cogdevsoc@virginia.edu > >>>>> Subject: [COGDEVSOC] Call For Papers: Special Issue on Mindreading, > >>>> Review of Philosophy and Psychology > >>>>> Social Cognition: Mindreading and Alternatives > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Guest Editors: > >>>>> > >>>>> Daniel D Hutto, University of Hertfordshire > >>>>> > >>>>> Mitchell Herschbach, University of California, San Diego > >>>>> > >>>>> Victoria Southgate, University of London > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> CALL FOR PAPERS > >>>>> > >>>>> Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2010 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Human beings, even very young infants, exhibit remarkable capacities > >>>>> for > >>>> attending to, and engaging with, other minds. A prevalent account of > > such > >>>> abilities is that they involve "theory of mind" or "mindreading": the > >>>> ability to represent mental states as mental states of specific kinds > >>>> (i.e., > >>>> to have concepts of "belief," "desire," etc.) and the contents of such > >>>> mental states. A number of philosophers and psychologists question the > >>>> standard mindreading and wider representationalist framework for > >>>> characterizing and explaining our everyday modes and methods of > >>>> understanding other people. One possibility is that infants may be > >>>> exhibiting sophisticated yet non-conceptual, and possibly > >>>> non-representational, mind tracking abilities that do not equate to > any > >>>> sort > >>>> of mindreading. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Proponents on both sides of this debate must adequately accommodate > >>>> recent work in developmental psychology. Experiments involving a > variety > >>>> of > >>>> nonverbal tasks - e.g., the "violation of expectation" paradigm and > >>>> anticipatory looking tasks, as well as nonverbal tasks involving more > >>>> active > >>>> responses -suggest that young infants can understand others' goals, > >>>> intentions, desires, knowledge/ignorance, and beliefs. Perhaps most > >>>> prominent are studies suggesting infants as young as 13 months of age > > are > >>>> selectively responsive to the false beliefs of others, well before > they > >>>> are > >>>> able to reliably pass standard verbal false belief tasks around 4 > years > >>>> of > >>>> age. > >>>>> This special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology aims to > >>>> create a dialogue between the mindreading and non-mindreading > approaches > >>>> to > >>>> basic social cognition. Contributors are asked to clarify their > >>>> theoretical > >>>> commitments; explain how their accounts compare with rivals; and how > > they > >>>> propose to handle the emerging empirical data, particularly that from > >>>> human > >>>> developmental psychology. Themes and questions to be addressed include > >>>> but > >>>> are not limited to: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> - Infants as young as 13 months old display a systematic > >>>> sensitivity to the beliefs of others. Does it follow that they must be > >>>> operating with a concept of belief, or indeed, any concepts at all? > >>>>> - Normally developing children become able to attribute false > >>>> beliefs to others between the ages of 3 and 5. Does it follow that > they > >>>> must > >>>> be operating with a "theory of mind" or the equivalent? > >>>>> - What does mental attribution minimally involve? What exactly > >>>> distinguishes mindreading from non-mindreading approaches to early > > social > >>>> cognition? Are there theoretical reasons to prefer one over the other? > >>>>> - What exact roles are mental representations thought to play > in > >>>> mindreading approaches? What kind of mental representations might be > >>>> involved? Can a principled dividing line be drawn between > >>>> representational > >>>> and non-representational approaches? > >>>>> - How precisely should we understand the explicit/implicit > >>>> distinction as invoked by certain theorists? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Invited contributors > >>>>> > >>>>> - José Luis Bermúdez, Texas A&M University > >>>>> > >>>>> - Pierre Jacob, Institut Jean Nicod > >>>>> > >>>>> - Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Important dates > >>>>> > >>>>> - Submission deadline: 1 December 2010 > >>>>> > >>>>> - Target publication date: July 2011 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> How to submit > >>>>> > >>>>> Prospective authors should register at: > >>>> https://www.editorialmanager.com/ropp to obtain a login and select > >>>> "Social > >>>> Cognition: Mindreading and Alternatives" as an article type to submit > a > >>>> manuscript. Manuscripts should be no longer than 8,000 words. > > Submissions > >>>> should follow the author guidelines available on the journal's > website: > >>>> http://www.springer.com/13164 Any questions? Please email the guest > >>>> editors: d.d.hutto@herts.ac.uk, mherschb@ucsd.edu, > v.southgate@bbk.ac.uk > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> About the journal > >>>>> > >>>>> The Review of Philosophy and Psychology (ISSN: 1878-5158; eISSN: > >>>> 1878-5166) is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Springer > > and > >>>> focusing on philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive > science. > >>>> The > >>>> aim of the journal is to provide a forum for discussion on topics of > >>>> mutual > >>>> interest to philosophers and psychologists and to foster > >>>> interdisciplinary > >>>> research at the crossroads of philosophy and the sciences of the mind, > >>>> including the neural, behavioural and social sciences. > >>>>> The journal publishes theoretical works grounded in empirical > > research > >>>> as well as empirical articles on issues of philosophical relevance. It > >>>> includes thematic issues featuring invited contributions from leading > >>>> authors together with articles answering a call for paper. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Editorial board > >>>>> > >>>>> Editor-in-Chief: Dario Taraborelli, Surrey. Executive Editors: > Roberto > >>>> Casati, CNRS; Paul Egré, CNRS, Christophe Heintz, CEU. > >>>>> Scientific advisors: Clark Barrett, UCLA; Cristina Bicchieri, Penn; > > Ned > >>>> Block, NYU; Paul Bloom, Yale; John Campbell, Berkeley; Richard > Breheny, > >>>> UCL; > >>>> Susan Carey, Harvard; David Chalmers, ANU; Martin Davies, ANU; > Vittorio > >>>> Girotto, IUAV; Alvin Goldman, Rutgers; Daniel Hutto, Hertfordshire; > Ray > >>>> Jackendoff, Tufts; Marc Jeannerod, CNRS; Alan Leslie, Rutgers; Diego > >>>> Marconi, Turin; Kevin Mulligan, Geneva; Alva Noë, Berkeley; > Christopher > >>>> Peacocke, Columbia; John Perry, Stanford; Daniel Povinelli, > >>>> Louisiana-Lafayette; Jesse Prinz, CUNY; Zenon Pylyshyn, Rutgers; Brian > >>>> Scholl, Yale; Natalie Sebanz, Nijmegen; Corrado Sinigaglia, Milan; > Barry > >>>> C. > >>>> Smith, Birkbeck; Elizabeth Spelke, Harvard; Achille Varzi, Columbia; > >>>> Timothy > >>>> Williamson, Oxford; Deirdre Wilson, UCL > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Dr. Victoria Southgate > >>>>> Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow > >>>>> Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development > >>>>> Henry Wellcome Building > >>>>> Birkbeck, University of London > >>>>> Malet Street > >>>>> London, WC1E 7HX. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> xmca mailing list > >>>> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > >>>> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>> xmca mailing list > >>> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > >>> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >> xmca mailing list > >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Andy Blunden* > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ <http://home.mira.net/%7Eandy/> > Videos: http://vimeo.com/user3478333/videos > Book: http://www.brill.nl/scss > > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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