Derry, Jan (2004) The unity of intellect and will: Vygotsky and Spinoza. Educational Review, 56 (2). pp. 113-120. ISSN 0013-1911 (print); 1465-3397 (electronic)
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Abstract
Jerome Bruner points out in his prologue to the first volume of the English translation of The Collected Works that Vygotsky flirts with the idea that language creates free will. This paper attempts to consider the influence of the Dutch seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza on Vygotsky. An account of Spinoza's anti-Cartesian conception of will is given, to which Vygotsky recognises his indebtedness. We will consider elements of Spinoza’s philosophy that were important to Vygotsky’s theory of the development of intellect, and claim that an appreciation of the philosophy informing Vygotsky’s theory of the development of intellect is necessary if the full implications of his project are to be grasped.
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| Additional Information: | This is an electronic version of an article published in Derry, Jan (2004) The unity of intellect and will: Vygotsky and Spinoza. Educational Review, 56 (2). pp. 113-120 Educational Review is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/0031910410001693209 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Philosophy of education Motivation |
| Subjects: | Departments > Education Foundations and Policy Studies |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (1) |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2010 08:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1035 |
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