Psychology and epistemology: towards a theory of knowledge; (Penguin university books)

In The Past Knowledge Was Considered Static, But Epistemologists Now Take That As Soon As An Entity Of Knowledge Crystallizes It Must Dissolve Again In The Current Of New Developments Of Understanding. Here Piaget Brings Scientific Analysis, Without Philosophical Presuppositions, To Bear On The Understanding Of Knowledge As A Process. This Approach To Knowledge Underlines The Benefits Of Interdisciplinary Studies; And Piaget Puts Forward Specific Proposals For Cooperation Between Philosophy, Linguistics, Cybernetics, Political Economy, Demography, Logic, Epistemology And Experimental Teaching Methods. It Is The Contention Of This Great Theoretician That Such Interdisciplinary Work Could Lead To A Whole Circle Of Sciences, In Which Wide-ranging Disciplines Would Link Hands In A General Theory Of Knowledge. -- Back Cover. 1. Developmental Epistemology --- 2. From Developmental Psychology To Epistemology --- 3. The Necessity And Significance Of Comparative Research In Developmental Psychology --- 4. The Myth Of The Sensory Origin Of Scientific Knowledge --- 5. On The Relationship Between Science And Philosophy --- 6. Classification Of Disciplines And Interdisciplinary Connections. Jean Piaget ; Translated From The French By P.a. Wells. Translation Of 'psychologie Et épistémologie'. Paris: Éditions Gonthier, 1970.