Reductionism and the development of knowledge / edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Terrance.

Smith, Leslie, 1943-

Series:

Jean Piaget Symposium series

The Jean Piaget Symposium series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Reductionism.

Physical Description:

ix, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2003.

Summary:

The papers collected in this volume are all derived from the 29th Annual Symposium of JPS.The intent of the volume is to examine the issue of reductionism on the theoretical level in several sciences, including biology, psychology, &sociology.

Contents:

1 Reductionism and the Circle of the Sciences / Terrance Brown 3

Part I Ways of Understanding

2 Understanding, Explanation, and Reductionism: Finding a Cure for Cartesian Anxiety / Willis F. Overton 29

3 Evolution, Entrenchment, and Innateness / William C. Wimsatt 53

4 Reductionism in Mathematics / Jaime Oscar Falcon Vega, Gerardo Hernandez, Juan Jose Rivaud 83

Part II Representation

5 The Biological Emergence of Representation / Mark H. Bickhard 105

6 The Role of Systems of Signs in Reasoning / Terezinha Nunes 133

7 The Role of Representation in Piagetian Theory: Changes Over Time / Luisa Morgado 159

8 Breathing Lessons: Self as Genre and Aesthetic / Cynthia Lightfoot 177

Part III Looking Toward the Future

9 From Epistemology to Psychology in the Development of Knowledge / Leslie Smith 201.

Notes:

Derived from the 29th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805840699

OCLC:

48655466