期刊全称 | Beyond the Brain | 期刊简称 | An Agentive Activity | 影响因子2023 | Igor M. Arievitch | 视频video | | 发行地址 | The book outlines a novel approach to the human mind by giving a fresh scrutiny and substantially revising many of Vygotsky’s and activity theory core concepts at the intersection of psychology and ed | 学科分类 | Bold Visions in Educational Research | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | The book outlines a fundamental alternative to the rising wave of aggressive biological reductionism and brainism in contemporary psychology and education. It offers steps to achieving a daunting and elusive goal: constructing a coherently non-reductionist account of the mind. The main obstacle to such a construction is identified as the centuries-old contemplative fallacy that leads to entrenched dualisms and shackles major theoretical frameworks. The alternative agentive activity perspective overcomes this fallacy by advancing the core principles of the cultural-historical activity theory. This innovative perspective charts a consistently non-mentalist and non-individualist view of psychological processes without discarding the individual mind. A vast body of research and theories, from Piaget and Dewey to sociocultural and embodied cognition approaches are critically engaged, with a special focus on Piotr Galperin’s contribution. The notion of the embodied agent’s object-directed activity serves as a pivotal point for re-conceptualizing the mind and its role in behavior. In a radical departure from both the traditional mentalist and biologically reductionist frameworks, psycholo | Pindex | Book 2017 |
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