Conversations with Jean Piaget (Midway Reprint) - Softcover

Bringuier, Jean-Claude; Piaget, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226075052 ISBN 13: 9780226075051

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1989

Synopsis

"What is most impressive about this book is its intelligence, its sophistication, and its charm. . . . This book presents Piaget's work and his person better than anything else that I know about."—David Elkind, Tufts University

"The tone is one of constant movement from the most ordinary to the most abstruse. There are 14 conversations with 'le Patron,' some in 1969, some in 1975, and several more with co-workers in various fields. . . . In Mr. Bringuier's book, in a pleasant informal way, we see a sophisticated non-scientist exploring Piaget's domain with the master. Some of Piaget's best-known findings about children as explained along the way, but Mr. Bringuier has ways of bringing out the relation of this psychological work to the whole of Piaget's enterprise, and we get a good sense of the man and his work."—Howard E. Gruber, New York Times Book Review

About this title

About the Author:

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is known for investigations of thought processes as well as his epistemological work with children. His theory of cognitive development, coupled with his studies with children, is known as genetic epistemology. He was professor at Geneva University and director and founder of the International Center for Epistemology. He is the author of The Language and Thought of the Child, Judgment and Reasoning in the Child, The Origin of Intelligence in Children, and The Early Growth of Logic in the Child.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0226075052
• ISBN 13: 9780226075051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160