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Is a human being a person or a machine? This book brings together Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of the mind and cognitive science's computational model to show how the mind is both a social construct and a formal device, focusing particularly on language.

Is a human being a person or a machine? Is the mind a social construction or a formal device? It is both, William Frawley argues, and by bringing together Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of the mind and cognitive science's computational model, he shows how this not only can,... Read Full Overview