Platt Holden (pholden@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 19:23:05 +0100
Welcome Maggie! Your contribution is wonderfully thought-provoking.
Question: Is "mediation" another word for "causation?" When I substitute
the words cause and causation where you used mediate and mediation, they
seem to fit. Example:
Original: For instance, in Lev Vygotsky's socio-historical perspective, the
social level has been changed by the mediation of intellectual patterns.
Using cause: For instance, in Leve Vygotsky's socio-historical perspective,
changes in the social level were caused by intellectual patterns.
I must be missing something in the concept of mediation. But if it does
mean the same as causation, then it can be related to Pirsig's "patterns of
preferences" and Dynamic Quality which he defines as a force for
transformation and change, always seeking something better.
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