We start with the ideas from Lev Vygotsky's Mind in Society.

Cognition is analyzed as "mediated cognition," the result of the socio-historical development of a culture or the psychological development of an individual.

The simplest example of mediated cognition is the use of a tool to relate to objects in nature.

Truly human psychological functions are mediated by language.

The interaction of these two media (tool and speech) transforms both adn results in adult human mediated cognition.

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