Levy-Bruhl in Piaget: Hermeneutic Analysis of Text and Context.
- Resource Type
- Information Analyses
Journal Articles
- Authors
- Peterman, Barbara S.
- Source
- Developmental Review. Sep 2000 20(3):405-437.
- Subject
- Age Differences
Anthropology
Children
Cognitive Development
Developmental Psychology
Hermeneutics
Individual Development
Literature Reviews
Piagetian Theory
Research Design
Theories
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0273-2297
Discusses the influence of Levy-Bruhl's analysis (1910) of "primitive" mentality on Piaget's research and theory contrasting child and adult ontology and logic. Maintains that parallels between their research designs substantiate Piaget's explicit references to Levy-Bruhl. Suggests that their conceptual kinship has implications for an interdisciplinary perspective on the origins and the future of research in the developmental tradition. (Author/KB)