Acts of Meaning

Acts of Meaning
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9780674253056
ISBN-13 : 0674253051
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Book Synopsis Acts of Meaning by : Jerome Bruner

Download or read book Acts of Meaning written by Jerome Bruner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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