Sawyer (2002) criticizes as untenable the two foundational assumptions that allegedly characterize ‘socioculturalism’ (process ontology and inseparability of individual and social levels of analysis). While sympathizing with his aim, this comment challenges his construal of both assumptions, as well as his claim of analytic dualism as an alternative to the ‘unresolved tensions’ in sociocultural theory. A call is made to further this debate.
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