Revista Mexicana de Investigación en Psicología, 2017
In this commentary on the target-article by Pardos (2017), we first offer a synthesis of his hist... more In this commentary on the target-article by Pardos (2017), we first offer a synthesis of his historical account in order to clarify the problem that he identifies as how psychology has treated the concept of image, and in addition to clarify the solution that he offers. Then we discuss two simplifications that Pardos makes when he seeks to link the work of J. B. Watson and L. S. Vygotsky in order to clarify the relationship between language and thought. Finally, we aim to clarify the way in which Vygotsky offered a materialist vision of thinking and its relationship with language, and in doing so questioned the assumption that mental representations are the basic units of these psychological functions.
Revista Mexicana de Investigación en Psicología, 2017
In this commentary on the target-article by Pardos (2017), we first offer a synthesis of his hist... more In this commentary on the target-article by Pardos (2017), we first offer a synthesis of his historical account in order to clarify the problem that he identifies as how psychology has treated the concept of image, and in addition to clarify the solution that he offers. Then we discuss two simplifications that Pardos makes when he seeks to link the work of J. B. Watson and L. S. Vygotsky in order to clarify the relationship between language and thought. Finally, we aim to clarify the way in which Vygotsky offered a materialist vision of thinking and its relationship with language, and in doing so questioned the assumption that mental representations are the basic units of these psychological functions.
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