Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

by Jordan B. Peterson

Modern investigation into the role of novelty in emotion and thought began with the Russians-E.N. Sokolov, O. Vinogradova, A.R. Luria (and, more recently, E. Goldberg)- who adopted an approach to human function that is in many ways unique. Their tradition apparently stems from Pavlov, who viewed the reflex arc as a phenomenon of central importance, and from the Marxist intellectual legacy, which regarded work-creative action-as the defining feature of man. Whatever the specific historical precedents, it is most definitely the case that the Russians have regarded motor output and its abstract equivalents as the critically relevant aspect of human existence.