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Developing a Dialectical Understanding of Generalization: An Unfinalized Dialogue Between Vygotsky and Davydov

  • Manolis DafermosEmail author
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Abstract

Positivist-oriented psychology remains trapped in the formal account of generalization as a context (and content)-free procedure/process. Challenging the formal account of generalization, a dialectical perspective highlights the concrete, dynamic, historical connection between the general and the particular. It is proposed that a dialogue between Vygotsky and Davydov, who were both adherents of the dialectal tradition in psychology, can provide insights into conceptualizing generalization. A dialogue on dialectical understanding of generalization and its relation to changing societal practices is examined as a way to promote active, transformative subjectivity.

Keywords

Generalization Dialectics L. Vygotsky V. Davydov Theoretical generalization 
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  1. 1.Department of PsychologyUniversity of CreteRethymnonGreece

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