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The article was published on 1983-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5606 citations till now.

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A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation

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Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning

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Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research

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TL;DR: A perceptual theory of knowledge can implement a fully functional conceptual system while avoiding problems associated with amodal symbol systems and implications for cognition, neuroscience, evolution, development, and artificial intelligence are explored.