Studies in reflecting abstraction
by Piaget, Jean
This translation of the French Recherches sur l'abstraction reflechissante (1977), make available in English Piaget's only treatise on reflecting abstraction - a process he came to attribute considerable importance to in his later thinking and which he believed to be responsible for many of the advances that take place in human development, especially our understanding of mathematics. Rich with empirical research on reflecting abstraction at work in the thinking of 4 to 12 year olds, the studie…
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- Full title :Studies in reflecting abstraction / Jean Piaget ; edited and translated by Robert L. Campbell.
Summary
This translation of the French Recherches sur l'abstraction reflechissante (1977), make available in English Piaget's only treatise on reflecting abstraction - a process he came to attribute considerable importance to in his later thinking and which he believed to be responsible for many of the advances that take place in human development, especially our understanding of mathematics. Rich with empirical research on reflecting abstraction at work in the thinking of 4 to 12 year olds, the studies in this volume examine its role in many contexts of cognitive development such as: reasoning about mathematics; forming analogies; putting objects in order by size and comparing the resulting series; and navigating through a wire maze. His theoretical discussions explore the relationships between reflecting abstraction and other central processes in his later theory, such as generalization, becoming conscious, and equilibration, as the differentiation of possibilities and their integration into necessities. These discussions indicate which aspects of his later theorizing were settled and which require further thought and investigation. Studies in Reflecting Abstraction will be of interest to developmental and cognitive psychologists, educationalists, philosophers and anyone who seeks to understand human knowledge and its development.
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- Publication Date:©1977
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Psychology Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1977
Notes
Originally published 2001 by Psychology Press.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (350 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781315800509, 1315800500, 9781317762744, 1317762746, 9781317762720, 131776272X, 9781317762737, 1317762738, 9781138877375, 1138877379
- oclc:ocn880437862
- LC Classification:BF723.A26
- Dewey Decimal:155.4/1343
Table of Contents
pt. 1. Logico-arithmetical or algebraic abstraction -- pt. 2. The abstraction of order -- pt. 3. The abstraction of spatial relationships.
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