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I'm finding this link that Mike sent to be very useful in helping me think through the question of creativity/imagination as a higher mental function. p -----Original Message----- From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:07 AM To: eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity Subject: [xmca] LSV-HPF Peter-- There are several related questions to yours on higher psychological functions a la LSV. (e.g., what is creativity-- but on that topic we have a lot of expertise on xmca so others can weight in). My own first take would be that LSV considered all (culturally) mediated psychological functions to be "higher." When I googled the combined entries, the first thing to come up was: Encyclopedia of Creativity - Google Books Result<http://books.google.com/books?id=cpc7CJH1-s8C&pg=RA1-PA695&lpg=RA1-PA695&dq=Vygotsky+%22higher+psychological+function%22&source=bl&ots=nK6fzTAn2C&sig=TFB4zwTBRH7YKfVaExPRDmb8eaw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PxvjT8GYGOOY2AWMrozJCw&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAA> books.google.com/books?isbn=0122270762*...*Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker - 1999 - Psychology - 810 pages The starting point for understanding *Vygotsky*'sview of creativity is that he believed that creativity is a *higher psychological function*. It is one of the complex a. mike __________________________________________ _____ 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