On August 29, 2007, Michael 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 [...]
David Kellogg wrote:
As when you translate a cliché from one language to another where it sounds fresh and new, when you go from the mathematics to English,
meanings appear that simply are not actually there. I am still trying to figure out what “actually” actually means.
I commented:
“Actually” is — actually — a very useful term, it [...]
The idea of “toolforthoughts” raises questions about tools and signs in relation to thought. There seems no reason for trying to sort things into categories, as being either “tools” or “signs” — the question, rather, would be whether we are presently concerned with something as it participates in the activity of sign-relations, or as it functions within tool-relations. What do you think?
