308 Pages
by Psychology Press

308 Pages
by Psychology Press

308 Pages
by Psychology Press

Originally published in 1987, the contributors bring their different orientations to the study of child development and genetic epistemology to show the continuing value of Piaget's theory and its fruitfulness in providing insights which permit the advancement of science. This volume contains the proceedings of the VIIth Advanced Course of the "Fondation Archives Jean Piaget", held at the... Read more

Bärbel Inhelder and Denys de Caprona Introduction  1 Guy Cellérier Structures and Functions  2 Harry Beilin Current Trends in Cognitive Development Research: Towards a New Synthesis  3 Marie-Jeanne Borel Piaget’s Natural Logic  4 Jean-Blaise Grize Operatory Logic  5 Barry Richards Logical Reasoning, Development and Learning  6 Seymour Papert The Value of Logic and the Logic of Values  7 John M. Broughton The Masculine Authority of the Cognitive  8 Rolando García Sociology of Science and Sociogenesis of Knowledge  9 Susan Carey Theory Change in Childhood  10 Sybille K. Escalona Cognition in its Relationship to Total Development in the First Few Years of Life  11 Cesare Cornoldi Origins of Intentional Strategic Memory in the Child  12 Gerhard Steiner Spatial Reasoning in Small-size and Large-size Environments: In Search of Early Prefigurations of Spatial Cognition in Small-size Environments  13 Hans Aebli Development as Construction: Nature and Psychological and Social Context of Genetic Constructions  14 Reto Luzius Fetz The Coordination of Values: Current Relevance of the Piagetian Concept of Philosophy  15 Eduard Marbach Laws of Consciousness as Norms of Mental Development.  Closing Debate

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Barbel Inhelder, Denys de Caprona, Angela Cornu-Wells