We Learn More When We Are Compelled

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.

In Genetic Epistemology, As In Developmental Psychology, Too, There Is Never An Absolute Beginning.

Our Problem, From The Point Of View Of Psychology And From The Point Of View Of Genetic Epistemology, Is To Explain How The Transition Is Made From A Lower Level Of Knowledge To A Level That Is Judged To Be Higher.

What The Genetic Epistemology Proposes Is Discovering The Roots Of The Different Varieties Of Knowledge, Since Its Elementary Forms, Following To The Next Levels, Including Also The Scientific Knowledge.

It Is With Children That We Have The Best Chance Of Studying The Development Of Logical Knowledge, Mathematical Knowledge, Physical Knowledge, And So Forth.