Epistemology of transformative material activity: John Dewey's pragmatism and cultural-historical activity theory

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-408

  Miettinen, Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 33845643152     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2006.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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