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Message from Francine Smolucha: In Regard to the entry in the Encyclopedia of Creativity 1999 on Vygotsky on Creativity by Natalia Gajdamaschko - see footnote#7 p. 82 in my 2012 publication that recounts how I broughtthe Vygotsky papers on creativity to Natalia's attention whenI was a guest speaker at the University of Georgia at Athens (1997). [She had been unaware of Vygotsky's writings on creativity.] Natalie's article in the Encyclopedia of Creativity clearly states thatVygotsky regarded creativity as a higher psychological function.In my previous lengthy e-mail, I explained that there is no word-for-word quotein the Vygotsky texts where he actually says this. But Vygotsky is clearlytalking about creative imagination as a higher psychological function.He also suggests creativity be considered as a psychological system in whichimagination and realistic thinking work together. > From: smago@uga.edu > To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > Subject: RE: [xmca] LSV-HPF > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:00:01 +0000 > > I'm finding this link that Mike sent to be very useful in helping me think through the question of creativity/imagination as a higher mental function. p > > -----Original Message----- > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:07 AM > To: eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity > Subject: [xmca] LSV-HPF > > Peter-- > > There are several related questions to yours on higher psychological functions a la LSV. (e.g., what is creativity-- but on that topic we have a lot of expertise on xmca so others can weight in). My own first take would be that LSV considered all (culturally) mediated psychological functions to be "higher." > > When I googled the combined entries, the first thing to come up was: > > > Encyclopedia of Creativity - Google Books Result<http://books.google.com/books?id=cpc7CJH1-s8C&pg=RA1-PA695&lpg=RA1-PA695&dq=Vygotsky+%22higher+psychological+function%22&source=bl&ots=nK6fzTAn2C&sig=TFB4zwTBRH7YKfVaExPRDmb8eaw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PxvjT8GYGOOY2AWMrozJCw&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAA> > > books.google.com/books?isbn=0122270762*...*Mark A. Runco, Steven R. > Pritzker - 1999 - Psychology - 810 pages The starting point for understanding *Vygotsky*'sview of creativity is that he believed that creativity is a *higher psychological function*. It is one of the complex a. > > > mike > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca