| Summary: | It is an old idea that thought and language are somehow intimately related and mutually dependent. This book examines the role of verbal activity in the growth of the structure of the human mind. The central thesis may be stated as followed: The processes and organization of communication are continuous with other physiological and social processes, and the evolving structure of intellectual activity (including the forms discovered by logical analysis) is a function of the total growth of life prior to and including the growth of verbal activity; the structure and processes of intellectual activity, at all stages, are capable of systematic investigation and genetic interpretation. After an empirical investigation and formulation of the growth of mental life, and especially of the organization of symbolic activity, an attempt will be made to interpret the significance of these findings for general philosophy, logic, social theory and education. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
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