The Catalyzing Mind

Part I. Theoretical Considerations of Causality and Catalysis

1. Systematic Systemics: Causality, Catalysis, and Developmental Cybernetics
Kenneth R. Cabell, Jaan Valsiner

Part II. Historical and Conceptual Considerations of Causality and Catalysis

2. Breaking the Arrows of Causality: The Idea of Catalysis in its Making
Jaan Valsiner

3. Cause and Catalyst: A Differentiation
Alaric Kohler

4. Catalysis, Functional Explanations and Functionalism in Psychology
Sven Hroar Klempe

Part III. Biosemiotic Considerations of Cause and Catalysis

5. Semiotic Scaffolding: A Biosemiotic Link Between Sema and Soma
Jesper Hoffmeyer

6. Catalysis and Scaffolding in Semiosis
Kalevi Kull

Part IV. Systemic and Contextual Considerations of Catalysis

7. A Systemic Approach to Cultural Diffusion and Reconstruction
Brady Wagoner

8. Catalysis and Morphogenesis: The Contextual Semiotic Configuration of Form, Function, and Fields of Experience
Raffaele Luca Picione, Maria Francesca Freda

Part V. Developmental Considerations of Catalysis

9. Exploring the Role of Catalyzing Agents in the Transition to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Case Study with Brazilian Youth
Elsa Mattos, Antônio Marcos Chaves

10. Catalysts and Regulators of Psychological Change in the Context of Immigration Ruptures
Irini Kadianaki, Tania Zittoun

Part VI. Applying the Concept of Catalysis to Everyday Life

11. Fostering National Identity, Hindering Historical Understanding
Cesar Lopez, Mario Carretero, Maria Rodriguez-Moneo

12. Beyond the Self and the Environment: The Psychological Horizon
Luca Tateo

13. Man’s Search for Extra-Ordinary Answers in Life: Silence as a Catalyst for Crisis-Solving
Olga V. Lehmann

14. Semiotic Catalysts’ Activators: An Early Semiotic Mediation in the Construction of Personal Syntheses
Márcio S. Silva

Part VII. Conceptual Critiques of Cause and Catalysis

15. A Structural Systemic Theory of Causality and Catalysis
Aaro Toomela

Keywords: Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology