Is a human being a person or a machine? Is the mind a social
construction or a formal device? It is both, William Frawley tells
us, and by bringing together Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of the
mind and cognitive science's computational model, he shows us how
this not only can but must be. To do so, Frawley focuses on
language, particularly on how the computational mind uses language
to mediate the internal and the external during thought. By
reconciling the linguistic device and the linguistic person, he
argues for a Vygotskyan cognitive science.
Frawley begins by exploding the internalist/externalist
dichotomy that presently drives cognitive science and falsely pits
computationalism against socioculturalism. He replaces the reigning
Platonic paradigm of computational mind-science with a framework
based on an unusual, unified account of Wittgenstein, thus setting
the stage for a Vygotskyan cognitive science centered on three
aspects of mind: subjectivity, real-time operation, and breakdown.
In this context, he demonstrates how computational psychology
accommodates a critical aspect of Vygotskyan theory--private
speech--as the mind's metacomputational regulator. An examination
of certain congenital disorders (such as Williams Syndrome, Turner
Syndrome, and autism) that disrupt speech further clarifies the
issue of computational and cognitive control.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 1997 |
First published: |
February 1997 |
Authors: |
William Frawley
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
341 |
Edition: |
Reprint 2014 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-33231-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
Physiological & neuro-psychology
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LSN: |
0-674-33231-8 |
Barcode: |
9780674332317 |
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