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Shared practices, understanding, language and joint attention
Author(s) -
Racine Timothy P.,
Carpendale Jeremy I. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1348/026151006x162613
Subject(s) - joint attention , psychology , empiricism , cognitive science , representation (politics) , epistemology , action (physics) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , philosophy , autism , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , law
In responding to the commentaries from Hobson (2007), Moore (2007) and Rakoczy (2007), we first discuss the commonalities our approach has with other theories and then elaborate on the nature of shared practices and their relationship with language and understanding. We then address views of representation, arguing against an empiricist approach and for a constructivist, action‐based account of knowledge and development. Finally, we briefly discuss implications following from our approach regarding how existing research would be reinterpreted and directions for new research.