Words, Thoughts, and Theories |
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| Author:
| Gopnik, Alison
Meltzoff, Andrew N. |
| Series title: | Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-57126-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1998 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Words, Thoughts, and Theories articulates and defends the"theory theory" of cognitive and semantic development-the idea thatinfants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world byforming and revising theories, a view of the origins of knowledge andmeaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.
Words, Thoughts, and Theories articulates and defends the"theory theory" of cognitive and semantic development-the idea thatinfants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world byforming and revising theories, a view of the origins of knowledge andmeaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.