Putting Flesh on the Bones: Ranulph Glanville's Contributions to Conversation Theory

Gordon Pask's conversation theory stands as a major contribution to cybernetics, education and epistemology. Ranulph Glanville was Pask’s student. He made himself familiar with conversation theory and promoted it in his lecture and writings throughout his career. In doing so, he made significant contributions. I summarise some of these here. To set the scene, I briefly outline some of the main concepts of conversation theory. I also outline Glanville's theory of Objects and discuss its relationship to conversation theory.