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Epistemic Cognition and Development: The Psychology of Justification and Truth book cover

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Epistemic Cognition and Development The Psychology of Justification and Truth

By David Moshman Copyright 2015
186 Pages
by Psychology Press

186 Pages
by Psychology Press

186 Pages
by Psychology Press
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Epistemic cognition, the philosophical core of metacognition, concerns people’s knowledge about the justification and truth of beliefs. Multiple literatures in psychology and education address aspects of epistemic cognition. In the absence of a coherent conceptual framework, however, these literatures mostly fail to communicate with each other and often connect only loosely to genuine... Read more

Part I: Epistemology and Cognition

1. The Perils of Pluto

2. The Study of Truth and Justification

3. Cognition and Metacognition

4. Epistemic Cognition

Part II: Epistemic Cognition and Development

5. Epistemic Development in Childhood

6. Epistemic Development Beyond Childhood

Part III: Epistemic Domains

7. Epistemologies of Science and Logic

8. Epistemologies of Morality and Convention

9. Epistemologies of History and Identity

Part IV: The Truth About Truth

10. Theoretical Conclusions

11. Epistemology in Practice

12. Prospects for Research

Biography

David Moshman is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and book review editor of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. His previous books include Adolescent Rationality and Development: Cognition, Morality, and Identity (3rd edition) and Liberty and Learning: Academic Freedom for Teachers and Students.

This is a terrific book, combining encyclopedic knowledge of the developmental psychology of cognition with a deep grasp of fundamental epistemological issues. Clear, unpretentious, systematic and witty, it offers a much needed framework for understanding epistemic cognition. An important contribution.

--Harvey Siegel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Miami, FL, USA

David Moshman’s book is a comprehensive and eloquent analysis of the construct of epistemic cognition. His book is very engaging as it clarifies complexities utilizing philosophy and psychology literatures. This work is a substantial contribution to developmental and cognitive psychology.

--Pina Tarricone, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University, Australia

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