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Work #793 · Mid

The Construction of Reality in the Child

Jean Piaget
1937 (French); 1954 (English) · French
Developmental-psychological treatise · Twentieth-century genetic epistemology / developmental psychology

Piaget's 1937 founding work on the child's construction of object, space, time, causality

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Attribute The Construction of Reality in the Child (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Construction of Reality in the Child

The constructed temporal sequence.

Space

The Construction of Reality in the Child

The constructed spatial schema.

Matter

The Construction of Reality in the Child

The constructed permanent object.

Observer

The Construction of Reality in the Child

The child constructing reality.

Energy

The Construction of Reality in the Child

Energies of sensorimotor construction.

Information

The Construction of Reality in the Child

The cognitive scheme as constructed information.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Construction of Reality in the Child

Piaget's Construction of Reality: founding work of developmental psychology and constructivist epistemology; shaped Vygotsky, Bruner, and modern cognitive science.