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  • Chapter 2 - Theorizing Concept Formation in the Wild

  • Yrjö Engeström, University of Helsinki
  • Book:
    Concept Formation in the Wild
    Published online:
    13 June 2024
    Print publication:
    27 June 2024, pp 8-14
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    Four approaches to concept formation are particularly fruitful for the endeavor of this book. These are Adrian Cussins’ theory of cognitive trails, Serge Moscovici’s and Ivana Marková’s closely interconnected theories of social representations and dialogicality, Ed Hutchins’ theory of conceptual blending by material anchors, and Nancy Nersessian’s theory of model-based reasoning. An examination of these approaches yields the following initial lessons: (1) longitudinal character of concept formation, (2) materiality of concept formation, (3) societal and dialogical embeddedness of concept formation, (4) centrality of tensions and contradictions in concept formation, and (5) importance of change and future-orientation in concept formation in the wild. These first lessons are still embryonic. They draw on cognitive and social-psychological approaches that are not systematically built on materialist dialectics.