Jean Piaget

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Jean Piaget
  1. pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist
    1. his insight opened a window into the inner workings of the mind
      1. developed several new fields of science: developmental psychology, cognitive theory and genetic epistemology
        1. child prodigy
          1. he became interested in psychoanalysis
            1. he suspected that the key to human knowledge might be discovered by observing how the child's mind develops
            2. the core of Piaget is his belief that looking carefully at how knowledge develops in children will clarify the nature of knowledge in general
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