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RE: [xmca] concepts

Note that I said nothing about seeing into The Future. Rather, I said that having a concept enables one to ANTICIPATE future events. I would describe the capacities you refer to below as elements of a concept, and agree that they help both adaptivity and the anticipation of events.

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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Blunden
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:30 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] concepts

Phillip and Peter,
I am not inclined to see anything about seeing the future as fruitful 
here. Any capacity that an organism acquires which is adaptive to its 
environment can be deemed to be anticipating the future. And actually, 
you can't see the future, even with concepts.

Andy

White, Phillip wrote:
> Peter, two assertions of your book excerpt directly caught my attention:
>
> first - 
>
> "One aspect of concept development that tends to be overlooked is that
> concepts enhance people's ability to anticipate how future action will
> unfold." 
>
>   


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