This book proposes a developmental theory of human mind as a basic interaction system of meaning making elements - so called dualities - progressing in dialectical shifts towards higher self-awareness. It elaborates on why this system has developed evolutionary, how it develops in the life courses of humans in modern societies and what hampers and promotes its progression to meet contemporary and future societal challenges.
Author(s): Tom Hagström
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 204
City: Cham
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction
2 A Developing Phenomenon in Modern Societies
The DIID or Duality System Approach: Basic Characteristics
Social and Cognitive Interactions: Piagetian, Vygotskian, and Action Theory
A Stage and Life Span Process
The Duality System Identity: A Social-Causal and Ego-Agent Holism
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3 The Generality of Stage Transformations
The Hard Stage Psycho-Logic of Piaget’s Theory
The Meaning Making of Hard Stages
The Hierarchical Complexity of Hard Stages
Hard Stage Features as a Duality System
References
4 The Evolution Towards Self-Consciousness
Evolution Towards Cognition and Sociality
Evolution Towards Homeostasis and Self-Consciousness
Evolution Towards Two Brain Hemispheres and the Thought-Feeling Interplay
A Contemporary Bio-Psychological-Interactional Approach
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5 Basic Abstract Duality Distinctions
Basic System Features
Basic Dialectical Features
Basic Person-Context Features
Comparing Conclusions
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6 The Transforming Duality Forms
The Societal Interacting Human Mind
Transformations Towards Deeper and Broader Awareness
Human Mind Between Past and Future Stages
Stages as Fractal Complexity
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7 The Meta System Character
A Meta Position and an Abductive Approach
Meta Methodological Approaches
The Notion of Qualia
Lenses of Perception and Quantum Physics
Mathematics and the Coordinate System
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8 The Duality System as Cognition, Socialization, and Organization
The Duality System and Cognitive Science
Societal Strata, Life Course Passages, and Social Class
Socialization as Identity Formation
Organizational Forms and Development Hampering-Promoting Conditions
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9 General Conclusions, Intelligence, and Challenges: Limits and Potentials
Human Mind as a DIID Approach: Conclusive Considerations
The Duality System and Intelligence: Cognition, Sociality, and Development
The Art and Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Duality System—Possible Applications
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