“If a baby really has no awareness of himself and is totally thing-directed and at the same time all his states of mind are projected onto things, our second paradox makes sense: on the one hand, thought in babies can be viewed as pure accommodation or exploratory movements, but on the other this very same thought is only one, long, completely autistic waking dream.” IfsMindLongStatesDreamHandsAwarenessMovementBabyPureMake SenseParadoxState Of MindWakingAutisticAccommodations Author:Jean Piaget
“The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.” MindRealityUnderstandingBuildingEssentialsFunctionStructureInventingBuilding Up Author:Jean Piaget
“It is as his own mind comes into contact with others that truth will begin to acquire value in the child's eyes and will consequently become a moral demand that can be made upon him. As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires.” MindChildrenLongMadeFactsEyeDesireValuesInterestMoralFailingDemandRemainsHarmContactAcquireEgocentric Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“At one time, many philosophers held that faultless "laws of thought" were somehow inherent, a priori, in the very nature of mind. This belief was twice shaken in the past century; first when Russell and his successors showed how the logic men employ can be defective, and later when Freud and Piaget started to reveal the tortuous ways in which our minds actually develop.” MenWayMindFirstsPastLawBeliefCenturyLogicPhilosopherOne TimeInherentSuccessorsDefective Author:Jean Piaget
“Moral autonomy appears when the mind regards as necessary an ideal that is independent of all external pressures.” MindMoralIdealsPressureRegardIndependentAutonomy Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child Source: The Moral Judgement of the Child
“How can we, with our adult minds, know what will be interesting? If you follow the child...you can find out something new.” IfsKnowsMindChildrenInterestingAdultsSomething New Author:Jean Piaget
“The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done-men who are creative, inventive, and discovers. The second goal of education is to form minds which can be critical, can verify, and not accept everything they are offered.” MenMindDoneFormScienceGoalEducationAcceptingCreativityCreativeGenerationsCapableDiscoveryCriticalNew ThingsPrincipalVerify Author:Jean Piaget
“Are we forming children who are only capable of learning what is already known? Or should we try to develop creative and innovative minds, capable of discovery from the preschool age on, throughout life?” ShouldTryingMindChildrenAgeKnownCreativeCapableDiscoveryInnovativePreschool Author:Jean Piaget
