It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.

Quote by Jean Piaget

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Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that...

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that...

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...

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.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

Logic and mathematics are nothing but specialised linguistic structures.

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.

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.

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of...

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of...

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as...

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...