Social Interaction and the Development of Knowledge / Edition 1

by Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Ulrich Mller

Overview

Written by highly respected theorists in psychology and philosophy, the chapters in this book explicate and address fundamental epistemological issues involved in the problem of the relationship between the individual and the collective. Different theoretical viewpoints are presented on this relationship, as well as between the nature of rationality and morality, relativism and universalism, and enculturation and internalization. Many chapters also highlight similarities and differences between these alternative frameworks and Piaget's theory, and thus correct the misperception that Piaget had nothing to say about the social dimension of development. Other chapters focus on the implications of these debates for the important topic areas of pedagogy, moral development, and the development of social understanding in infancy and childhood. Although Piaget's theory is presented and evaluated by some of the chapters in this collection, the authors remain critical and do not shy away from revising or extending Piaget's theory whenever it is deemed necessary.

Though the topic covered in this book is of fundamental importance in the social sciences, it is rarely addressed in a sustained way as it is in this collection of chapters. The book benefits social scientists interested in fundamental epistemological issues, especially as these concern the relationship between the individual and the collective, with implications for the conceptualization of morality and rationality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805841244
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeremy I. M. Carpendale, Ulrich Müller

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Social Interaction and the Development of Rationality and Morality, Jeremy I. M. Carpendale, Ulrich Müller; Chapter 2 A Relational and Embodied Perspective on Resolving Psychology’s Antinomies, Willis F. Overton; Chapter 3 Piaget’s Social Epistemology, Richard F. Kitchener; Chapter 4 Individualism and Collectivism, Jan Boom; Chapter 5 Coordinating Operative and Figurative Knowledge, Tamer G. Amin, Jaan Valsiner; Chapter 6 The Social Ontology of Persons, Mark H. Bickhard; Chapter 7 The Development and Overcoming of “Universal Pragmatics” in Piaget’s Thinking, Rainer Döbert; Chapter 8 A Bridge too Far, Bryan W. Sokol, Michael J. Chandler; Chapter 9 Developmental Epistemology and Education, Leslie Smith; Chapter 10 Social Interaction and the Construction of Moral and Social Knowledge, Larry Nucci; Chapter 11 From Joint Activity to Joint Attention, Ulrich Müller, Jeremy I. M. Carpendale; Chapter 12 Piaget’s Theory and Children’s Development of Prosocial Behavior, Orlando Lourenço; Chapter 13 Wittgenstein’s Internalistic Logic and Children’s Theories of Mind, Timothy P. Racine;

Editorial Reviews

"By reintroducing Piaget's sociological papers within developmental enquiry, Carpendale and Müller provide us with a powerful theoretical basis for exploration of the links between social interaction and the development of knowledge."
—American Journal of Psychology

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