LEADER 03384nam 22006854a 450 001 9910455346703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-63989-2 010 $a1-282-32190-0 010 $a9786612321900 010 $a1-4106-0695-3 035 $a(CKB)111056486644488 035 $a(EBL)425380 035 $a(OCoLC)437110371 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234422 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216469 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234422 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241338 035 $a(PQKB)10974107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC425380 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL425380 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10285548 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL232190 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486644488 100 $a20011211d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReductionism and the development of knowledge$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith 210 $aMahwah, N.J. $cL. Erlbaum$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 1 $aThe Jean Piaget Symposium series 300 $aPapers originally presented at the 29th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society. 311 $a0-415-65138-7 311 $a0-8058-4069-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook 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 Aesthetic 327 $aPART III LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURECHAPTER 9 From Epistemology to Psychology in the Development of Knowledge; Author Index; Subject Index 330 $aAmong the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for human affairs. People, it is argued, are better off if they base their conduct either on know-how with its pragmatic criterion of truth (i.e., possibility) or on science with its universal criterion of rational necessity.Since Helmholtz, there has been increasing concern in the life sciences about the role of reductionism in the construction of knowledge. Is psychophysics really possible? Are biological phenomena just the deducible results of chemical 410 0$aJean Piaget Symposium series. 606 $aCognition$vCongresses 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of$vCongresses 606 $aReductionism$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCognition 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of 615 0$aReductionism 676 $a146 701 $aBrown$b Terrance$0890606 701 $aSmith$b Leslie$f1943-$0880331 712 02$aJean Piaget Society.$bSymposium$d(29th) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455346703321 996 $aReductionism and the development of knowledge$91989438 997 $aUNINA