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Very broadly speaking, actions affect“things”, and“things”are affected by actions. In a sense, this Chapter does nothing but extend, elaborate, and make technical, this banal remark with which no one is likely to disagree.

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Holt, A.W. (1997). Actions, Effects (Theory). In: Organized Activity and its Support by Computer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5590-8_4

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