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>From: mcke@unixg.ubc.ca (William McKellin )
Subject: Re: Consciousness
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The kinds of cognitive evolution you are looking for can be seen in
the development of various kinds of artifacts, including language, and
literacy if you follow the work of Vygotsky, Bruner, Cole and Wertsch.
The relationship between cognitive and social is dialectical, with
cognitive development in large part the product of social interaction.

Bill McKellin                             mcke@unixg.ubc.ca
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. 
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