1st Edition
Experience and the growth of understanding (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 11)
By D.W. Hamlyn
Copyright 1978
176 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This volume examines some of the arguments that have been put forward over the years to explain the way in which understanding is acquired. The author looks firstly at the empricist thesis of genesis without structure, and secondly at the opposing theory, represented by Chomsky of structure without genesis. His greatest sympathy is with the theory of Piaget, who represents structure... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Genesis without Structure 3. Structure without Genesis. 4. Genesis with Structure 5. Experience and Understanding: 1 Perception 6. Experience and Understanding: 2 Concepts and their Conditions 7. The Beginnings of Understanding 8. Language 9. Later Learning 10. Teaching and Learning 11. Conclusion
Biography
D.W. Hamlyn
