03384nam 22006854a 450 991045534670332120200520144314.01-135-63989-21-282-32190-097866123219001-4106-0695-3(CKB)111056486644488(EBL)425380(OCoLC)437110371(SSID)ssj0000234422(PQKBManifestationID)11216469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234422(PQKBWorkID)10241338(PQKB)10974107(MiAaPQ)EBC425380(Au-PeEL)EBL425380(CaPaEBR)ebr10285548(CaONFJC)MIL232190(EXLCZ)9911105648664448820011211d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReductionism and the development of knowledge[electronic resource] /edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie SmithMahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum20031 online resource (248 p.)The Jean Piaget Symposium seriesPapers originally presented at the 29th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society.0-415-65138-7 0-8058-4069-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Reductionism and the Circle of the Sciences; PART I WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 2 Understanding, Explanation, and Reductionism: Finding a Cure for Cartesian Anxiety; CHAPTER 3 Evolution, Entrenchment, and Innateness; CHAPTER 4 Reductionism in Mathematics; PART II REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 5 The Biological Emergence of Representation; CHAPTER 6 The Role of Systems of Signs in Reasoning; CHAPTER 7 The Role of Representation in Piagetian Theory: Changes Over Time; CHAPTER 8 Breathing Lessons: Self as Genre and AestheticPART III LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURECHAPTER 9 From Epistemology to Psychology in the Development of Knowledge; Author Index; Subject IndexAmong the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for human affairs. People, it is argued, are better off if they base their conduct either on know-how with its pragmatic criterion of truth (i.e., possibility) or on science with its universal criterion of rational necessity.Since Helmholtz, there has been increasing concern in the life sciences about the role of reductionism in the construction of knowledge. Is psychophysics really possible? Are biological phenomena just the deducible results of chemicalJean Piaget Symposium series.CognitionCongressesKnowledge, Theory ofCongressesReductionismCongressesElectronic books.CognitionKnowledge, Theory ofReductionism146Brown Terrance890606Smith Leslie1943-880331Jean Piaget Society.Symposium(29th)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455346703321Reductionism and the development of knowledge1989438UNINA