%0 Generic %1 piaget1970ged %A Piaget, Jean %C New York %D 1970 %I Columbia University %K cerme6 imported %T Genetic Epistemology, a series of lectures delivered by Piaget at Columbia University, translated by Eleanor Duckworth %U http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/piaget.htm %X GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY attempts to explain knowledge, and in particular scientific knowledge, on the basis of its history, its sociogenesis, and especially the psychological origins of the notions and operations upon which it is based. These notions and operations are drawn in large part from common sense, so that their origins can shed light on their significance as knowledge of a somewhat higher level. But genetic epistemology also takes into account, wherever possible, formalisation - in particular, logical formalisations applied to equilibrated thought structures and in certain cases to transformations from one level to another in the development of thought. The description that I have given of the nature of genetic epistemology runs into a major problem, namely, the traditional philosophical view of epistemology. For many philosophers and epistemologists, epistemology is the study of knowledge as it exists at the present moment; it is the analysis of knowledge for its own sake and within its own framework without regard for its development. For these persons, tracing the development of ideas or the development of operations may be of interest to historians or to psychologists but is of no direct concern to epistemologists. This is the major objection to the discipline of genetic epistemology, which I have outlined here.

@misc{piaget1970ged, abstract = {GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY attempts to explain knowledge, and in particular scientific knowledge, on the basis of its history, its sociogenesis, and especially the psychological origins of the notions and operations upon which it is based. These notions and operations are drawn in large part from common sense, so that their origins can shed light on their significance as knowledge of a somewhat higher level. But genetic epistemology also takes into account, wherever possible, formalisation - in particular, logical formalisations applied to equilibrated thought structures and in certain cases to transformations from one level to another in the development of thought. The description that I have given of the nature of genetic epistemology runs into a major problem, namely, the traditional philosophical view of epistemology. For many philosophers and epistemologists, epistemology is the study of knowledge as it exists at the present moment; it is the analysis of knowledge for its own sake and within its own framework without regard for its development. For these persons, tracing the development of ideas or the development of operations may be of interest to historians or to psychologists but is of no direct concern to epistemologists. This is the major objection to the discipline of genetic epistemology, which I have outlined here.}, added-at = {2008-09-15T16:35:14.000+0200}, address = {New York}, author = {Piaget, Jean}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2636d3e3c4238b711084c744256224339/yish}, interhash = {b34b5536f5a58d6c1d183becd53b0e92}, intrahash = {636d3e3c4238b711084c744256224339}, keywords = {cerme6 imported}, publisher = {Columbia University}, timestamp = {2008-10-04T15:24:10.000+0200}, title = { Genetic Epistemology, a series of lectures delivered by Piaget at Columbia University, translated by Eleanor Duckworth}, url = {http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/piaget.htm}, year = 1970 }