The Language and Thought of the ChildRead Books Ltd, 2011 M03 23 - 272 pages The importance of this remarkable work deserves to be doubly emphasized, for its novelty consists both in the results obtained and in the method by which they have been reached. How does the child think. How does he speak. What are the characteristics of his judgment and of his reasoning. For half a century the answer has been sought to these questions which are those which we meet with at the very threshold of child psychology. If philosophers and biologists have bent their interest upon the soul of the child, it is because of the initial surprise they experienced at his logic and speech. In proof of this, we need only recall the words of Taine, of Darwin and of Egger, which are among the first recorded in the science of child logic. |
Contents
Verbal syncretism 2 Syncretism of reasoning 3 The need for justification | |
THE QUESTIONS OF A CHILD OF | |
Questions not expressed under the form why | |
Conclusions | |
APPENDIX | |
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action adapted information adult analogy answer anthropomorphic asked associationism autistic Béa canal point causal explanation centrism chapter child logic child thought childish classification cockchafer coefficient collaboration collective monologue conclusion connected connexion daddy definite diagram drawing Dromard echolalia egocentric everything example experiments explicatory function exposition expressed fact fairy functional psychology funicular railway genuine argument give given goes hearer idea implicatory intellectual realism intelligence intentions interest intermediate isn’t Jean Piaget juxtaposition language listening little pipe logical justification look means mentality Mlle molluscs nature Niobe objects observation one’s perception phenomena phenomenon Piaget point of view precausality problem properly socalled propositions proverb quarrel reality reason remarks reproducer Salève schema Schla shortbread simply social speak spontaneous stage story syncretistic talk things understanding between children understood verbal whys of justification whys of logical whys of motivation words