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Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)

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Description for Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) Paperback. Argues that the idea of the mind as an "information processor" has led psychology away from seeing the mind as a creator of meanings. Only by breaking out of the limitations of a computational model of mind can we grasp the interaction through which mind constitutes and is constituted by culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JMA; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Jerome Bruner argues that the cognitive revolution, with its current fixation on mind as “information processor,” has led psychology away from the deeper objective of understanding mind as a creator of meanings. Only by breaking out of the limitations imposed by a computational model of mind can we grasp the special interaction through which mind both constitutes and is constituted by culture.

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Weight
195g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674003613
SKU
V9780674003613
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99-27

About Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner was University Professor at New York University.

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The failure of the cognitive revolution to unravel the mysteries of the workings of the human mind as the creator of meanings is the starting point for Jerome Bruner’s Acts of Meaning. He argues that psychology should return to human concerns, especially the role of culture in shaping our thoughts and the language we use to express them… [He] seems ... Read more

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