During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.

Quote by Jean Piaget

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I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my...

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my...

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is...

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is...

The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the...

The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the...

On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It...

On the one hand, there are individual actions such as throwing, pushing, touching, rubbing. It...

This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of...

This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of...

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things,...

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things,...

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a...

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a...

From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects...

From this time on, the universe is built up into an aggregate of permanent objects...

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of...

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of...

The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers...

The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers...

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new...

The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new...

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.

The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but...

The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but...

Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view...

Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view...

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who...

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who...

Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the...

Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the...