Social enactivism about perception—reply to McGann

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Alejandro Arango
Keyword(s):  
Social Practices ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
The Social ◽  
Central Argument

In his comment, McGann argues that in my “From Sensorimotor Dependencies to Perceptual Practices: Making Enactivism Social,” I have overlooked a group of enactivist theories that can be grouped under the participatory sense-making label. In this reply, I explain that the omission is due to the fact that such theories are not accounts of perception. It is argued that, unlike participatory sense-making, the approach of the “From Sensorimotor Dependencies to Perceptual Practices” article does not focus on the perceptual aspects of things social, but on the social aspects that are constitutive of perception in general. I conclude by underscoring the central argument of the original article: that the adequate notion to make enactivism about perception social is that of “perceptual practices,” a social practices-based notion of perception.

scholarly journals A APRENDIZAGEM ORGANIZACIONAL SOB A PERSPECTIVA SÓCIO-COGNITIVA: CONTRIBUIÇÕES DE LEWIN, BANDURA E GIDDENS

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Sandra Ferreira Freitas ◽  
Christiane Kleinübing Godoi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theory Of Structuration ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Cognitive Social Learning

This article seeks to establish the transfer of contributions of socio-cognitive learning theories to the sphere of organizational learning. The central argument is the idea that social cognition explains organizational learning more adequately than the fragmented studies of learning derived from the organizational field. Within the socio-cognitive perspective, organizational learning is understood as the result of a reciprocal exchange between socio-cognitive constructs and organizational culture. The understanding of organizational learning requires consideration of the social aspects of learning, and is based on theories capable of interconnecting individual processes, the functioning of the groups, and social relations. Among the learning theories that consider the social context, we elect the analysis and transfer of the following theories, to the organizational sphere: a) Kurt Lewin’s field theory (and his influence on Dewey); b) Bandura’s cognitive social learning theory (and the influence of the attribution theory); and Giddens’ theory of structuration.

scholarly journals Musical Identities Mediate Musical Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
David J. Hargreaves ◽  
Raymond MacDonald ◽  
Dorothy Miell
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Developmental Studies ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
Musical Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Central Argument

This article has two main aims. The first is to identify those aspects of developmental psychology as a whole that are most useful in trying to explain musical development in particular. The second is to develop the central argument that the study of people's musical identities is an essential part of the explanation of their musical development. The article is organized as follows. The first section summarizes the main theoretical perspectives on musical development since the 1980s. The second section provides representative examples of empirical research from three broad areas—cognitive, social, and affective— and then looks at the cognitive aspects of musical development and learning: This was the predominant emphasis of developmental studies in the 1980s. The third section focuses on the social aspects of musical development, which have come to include the study of personality. The fourth section considers the development of the affective aspects of musical behavior, that is, those concerning emotion.

Intention and Significance in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-66
Author(s):  
Tony Brown
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Mathematical Understanding ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Mathematical Learning ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
The Social

This article discusses the role of language in mathematical understanding and how the boundaries assigned to language determine its status. It focuses on a classic debate between two leading writers in hermeneutics, Gadamer and Habermas, and it shows how this debate can guide us in drawing the boundaries of mathematical learning. In particular, the article suggests that personal learning of mathematics is inseparable from the social practices within which learning takes place. Nevertheless, the teacher's task can be seen in terms of enabling the student to move between stressing the personal and stressing the social aspects of his or her mathematical learning. In this way the initiation of the student into the socially conventional ways of doing mathematics can be more effectively grounded in his or her personal experience.

Narrative as active inference

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabil Bouizegarene ◽  
maxwell ramstead ◽  
Axel Constant ◽  
Karl Friston ◽  
Laurence Kirmayer
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Human Adaptation ◽  
Active Inference ◽  
Future Projection ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parsimonious Model ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Theory Research

The ubiquity and importance of narratives in human adaptation has been recognized by many scholars. Research has identified several functions of narratives that are conducive to individuals’ well-being and adaptation as well as to coordinated social practices and enculturation. In this paper, we characterize the social and cognitive functions of narratives in terms of the framework of active inference. Active inference depicts the fundamental tendency of living organisms to adapt by creating, updating, and maintaining inferences about their environment. We review the literature on the functions of narratives in identity, event segmentation, episodic memory, future projection, storytelling practices, and enculturation. We then re-cast these functions of narratives in terms of active inference, outlining a parsimonious model that can guide future developments in narrative theory, research, and clinical applications.

KETERTINDASAN MELAYU DALAM CERPEN “SUKU POMPONG” KARYA FEDLI AZIS DAN CERPEN “RUMAH DI UJUNG KAMPUNG” KARYA HANG KAFRAWI

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Marlina Marlina
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Reality ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Imaginative Literature ◽  
The Village

Reading short stories “Suku Pompong” (Pompong Tribe) and “Rumah di Ujung Kampung” (House at the End of the Village) is like reading a historical reality that is happening on the ground of Riau Malay. The exploitation of forest resources on a large scale in recent decades in Riau Province has changed the land use of the area of intact forest into plantation area. The exploitation process causes friction in the community. The friction is eventually lead to conflict between communities and plantation companies. Their struggle to resolve conflicts and maintain their ancestral land, the strength of the company that has the license to the land and sadness when the public finally has always been on the losing side. This study objected to describe the objective reality of the Malay community in terms of land conversion, the communal land into plantations and reality of imaginative literature contained in the short stories “Suku Pompong” dan “Rumah di Ujung Kampung”. This study applied the sociology of literature approach, while the sociological approach to literature is a literary approach that specializes in reviewing literature by considering the social aspects. Based on these approaches, it can be concluded that short stories Suku Pompong and Rumah di Ujung Jalan are short stories that raised the reality of the Malay community.AbstrakMembaca cerpen “Suku Pompong” dan cerpen “Rumah di Ujung Kampung” seperti membaca sebuah realita sejarah yang terjadi di tanah Melayu Riau. Ekploitasi sumber daya hutan secara besar-besaran pada beberapa dekade terakhir di Provinsi Riau telah mengubah tata guna lahan dari kawasan hutan yang utuh menjadi kawasan perkebunan. Proses eksploitasi tersebut menimbulkan gesekan-gesekan dalam masyarakat. Gesekan-gesekan inilah yang akhirnya menimbulkan konflik antara masyarakat dengan pihak perusahaan perkebunan. Perjuangan masyarakat dalam menyelesaikan konflik dan mempertahankan tanah leluhur mereka, kekuatan pihak perusahaan yang memiliki surat izin atas tanah tersebut, dan kesedihan ketika masyarakat akhirnya selalu berada di pihak yang kalah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan realitas objektif masyarakat Melayu Riau dalam hal alih fungsi lahan, dari lahan tanah ulayat menjadi lahan perkebunan, dan realititas imajinatif sastra yang terdapat dalam cerpen “Suku Pompong” dan cerpen “Rumah di Ujung Kampung”. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi sastra, yaitu suatu pendekatan sastra yang mengkhususkan diri dalam menelaah karya sastra dengan mempertimbangkan segi-segi sosial kemasyarakatan. Dari pendekatan tersebut dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa cerpen “Suku Pompong” dan cerpen “Rumah di Ujung Kampung” memang merupakan cerpen yang mengangkat realitas masyarakat Melayu Riau.

Reflections on Lawrence Freedman’s ‘Deterrence’

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
International Security ◽  
First Century ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

This chapter focuses on the social aspects of strategy, arguing for the importance of relationships in strategy and, in particular, in understanding of deterrence. Deterrence, in its essence, is predicated upon a social relationship – the one deterring and the one to be deterred. Alliance and cooperation are important in generating the means for actively managing international security. Following Freedman’s work on deterrence in the post-Cold War context, ever greater interaction and interdependence might instill a stronger sense of international community, in which more traditional and ‘relatively primitive’ notions of deterrence can be developed. However, this strategic aspiration relies on international, especially transatlantic, social cohesion, a property that weakened in the twenty-first century, triggering new threats from new kinds of opponent. The need for a sophisticated and social strategy for managing international security is made all the more necessary.

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