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Development of Logical and Mathematical Concepts: Piaget's Recent Psychological Studies

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  1. The Language and Thought of the Child” (1924). “Judgment and Reasoning in the Child” (1924). “The Child's Conception of the World” (1926). “The Child's Conception of Causality” (1927). “The Moral Judgment of the Child” (1932). (All published by Routledge.)

  2. Summaries of Piaget's more recent work may be found in “Introduction à l'Épistémologie Génétique” (Presses Universitaires de France, 1949–50, 3 vols.); and “Logic and Psychology” (Manchester University Press, 1953).

  3. Le développement des quantités chez l'enfant” (Delachaux et Niestlé, 1941).

  4. La genèse du nombre chez l'enfant” (Delachaux et Niestlé, 1941. English translation, Routledge, 1952).

  5. La développement de la notion du temps chez l'enfant” (1946); “Les notions de mouvement et de Vitesse chez l'enfant” (1946). (Both published by Presses Universitaires de France.)

  6. La représentation de l'espace chez l'enfant” (1948). “La géométrie spontanée chez l'enfant” (1948). (Both published by Presses Universitaires de France.)

  7. La genése de l'idée de hazard chez l'enfant” (Presses Universitaires de France, 1951).

  8. Other recent works of Piaget are: “La naissance de l'intelligence chez l'enfant” (1937; Eng. trans. 1952); “La construction du réel chez l'enfant” (1937); “La formation du symbole chez l'enfant” (1945; Eng. trans. 1951); “La Psychologie de l'Intelligence” (1947; Eng. trans. 1950). The logical aspects of his work are treated in “Classes, Relations et Nombres” (1942); “Traité de Logique” (1949); “Essai sur les transformations des opérations logiques” (1952). For Piaget's recent articles see Archives de Psychologie.

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MAYS, W. Development of Logical and Mathematical Concepts: Piaget's Recent Psychological Studies. Nature 174, 625–626 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174625a0

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