Words, Thoughts, and Theories |
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| Author:
| Gopnik, Alison
Meltzoff, Andrew N. |
| Series title: | Learning, Development and Conceptual Change Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-07175-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1997 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $106.00 |
Book Description:
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Words, Thoughts and Theories articulates and defends the theory theory of cognitive and semantic development, the idea that infants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world by forming and revising theories, a view of the origins of knowledge and meaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.
Words, Thoughts and Theories articulates and defends the theory theory of cognitive and semantic development, the idea that infants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world by forming and revising theories, a view of the origins of knowledge and meaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.