7 Mediation in Vygotsky: ‘Word meaning’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction: Hegel, Peirce, and Vygotsky 1
5. Part One: Perception and the model of ‘secondary dualism’
6. 1 The model of ‘secondary dualism’ 19
7. 2 Semiotics and ‘secondary dualism’ 33
8. 3 Hegel, Peirce, and Vygotsky: Models of perception 46
9. Part Two: Concept formation as mediation
10. 4 Hegel’s template of concept formation 61
11. 5 Peirce: The three categories 76
12. 6 Mediation in Peirce: The structure of the sign 90
13. 7 Mediation in Vygotsky: ‘Word meaning’ 114
14. Part Three: Concept formation in Peirce and Vygotsky
15. 8 Peirce: The classification of signs and the first trichotomy 129
16. 9 The received view of the Peircean icon 141
17. 10 Peirce: Concept formation in the second trichotomy 150
18. 11 Peirce: The third trichotomy 168
19. 12 Vygotsky on concept formation 179
20. Part Four: Peirce: The implications of semiotic concept formation
21. 13 Pragmatism, truth and abduction 195
22. 14 Peircean semiotics and learning theory 215
23. References 227
24. Index 239