Reductionism and the development of knowledge
Among 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 sci...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
L. Erlbaum
2003.
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| Colección: | The Jean Piaget Symposium series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40486990*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Reductionism and the Circle of the Sciences / Terrance Brown
- Ways of Understanding
- Understanding, Explanation, and Reductionism: Finding a Cure for Cartesian Anxiety / Willis F. Overton
- Evolution, Entrenchment, and Innateness / William C. Wimsatt
- Reductionism in Mathematics / Jaime Oscar Falcon Vega, Gerardo Hernandez, Juan Jose Rivaud
- Representation
- The Biological Emergence of Representation / Mark H. Bickhard
- The Role of Systems of Signs in Reasoning / Terezinha Nunes
- The Role of Representation in Piagetian Theory: Changes Over Time / Luisa Morgado
- Breathing Lessons: Self as Genre and Aesthetic / Cynthia Lightfoot
- Looking Toward the Future
- From Epistemology to Psychology in the Development of Knowledge / Leslie Smith.
