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Jean Piaget Quotes

The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but the second type I shall call reflective abstraction, using this term in a double sense Picture Quote #1

The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should lay more stress on the external, tangible element than on the hidden motive Picture Quote #1

If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society Picture Quote #1

The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching Picture Quote #1

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother’s poor mental health Picture Quote #1

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth Picture Quote #1

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The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly Picture Quote #1

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions Picture Quote #1

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact Picture Quote #1

Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures Picture Quote #1

Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher Picture Quote #1

Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next Picture Quote #1

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Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process Picture Quote #1

Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery from the preschool age on, throughout life? Picture Quote #1

The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects Picture Quote #1

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active Picture Quote #1

Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely Picture Quote #1

When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself Picture Quote #1

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Chance... in the accommodation peculiar to sensorimotor intelligence, plays the same role as in scientific discovery. It is only useful to the genius and its revelations remain meaningless to the unskilled Picture Quote #1

Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves Picture Quote #1

What the genetic epistemology proposes is discovering the roots of the different varieties of knowledge, since its elementary forms, following to the next levels, including also the scientific knowledge Picture Quote #1

If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning Picture Quote #1

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The first type of abstraction from objects I shall refer to as simple abstraction, but the second type I shall call reflective abstraction, using this term in a double sense (Jean Piaget Quotes) The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should lay more stress on the external, tangible element than on the hidden motive (Jean Piaget Quotes) If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society (Jean Piaget Quotes) The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching (Jean Piaget Quotes) I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother’s poor mental health (Jean Piaget Quotes) It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth (Jean Piaget Quotes) The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly (Jean Piaget Quotes) During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions (Jean Piaget Quotes) In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact (Jean Piaget Quotes) Logical positivists have never taken psychology into account in their epistemology, but they affirm that logical beings and mathematical beings are nothing but linguistic structures (Jean Piaget Quotes) Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher (Jean Piaget Quotes) Scientific knowledge is in perpetual evolution; it finds itself changed from one day to the next (Jean Piaget Quotes) Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process (Jean Piaget Quotes) Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery from the preschool age on, throughout life? (Jean Piaget Quotes) The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects (Jean Piaget Quotes) To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active (Jean Piaget Quotes) Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely (Jean Piaget Quotes) When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself (Jean Piaget Quotes) Chance... in the accommodation peculiar to sensorimotor intelligence, plays the same role as in scientific discovery. It is only useful to the genius and its revelations remain meaningless to the unskilled (Jean Piaget Quotes) Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves (Jean Piaget Quotes) What the genetic epistemology proposes is discovering the roots of the different varieties of knowledge, since its elementary forms, following to the next levels, including also the scientific knowledge (Jean Piaget Quotes) If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning (Jean Piaget Quotes)

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