Abstract
Preface PART 1: TWO NATURAL KINDS 1. Approaching the Literary 2. Two Modes of Thought 3. Possible Castles PART 2: LANGUAGE AND REALITY 4. The Transactional Self 5. The Inspiration of Vygotsky 6. Psychological Reality 7. Nelson Goodman's Worlds 8. Thought and Emotion PART 3: ACTING IN CONSTRUCTED WORLDS 9. The Language of Education 10. Developmental Theory as Culture Afterword Appendix: A Reader's Retelling of Clay by James Joyce Notes Credits Index
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Jerome S. Bruner
(1986).
Actual Minds, Possible Worlds.
Harvard University Press eBooks
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029019
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