Possibility and Necessity -- Essence of Piaget's Genetic Epistemology Translation Series

Author: (Switzerland) Piaget, translated by Xiong Zehong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The translated version of Piaget's two-volume work ("Possibility and Necessity") (the original was in two volumes, while the Chinese translation is combined into one) includes the manuscript edited by Piaget himself for the first volume (published in 1981), while the editing of the second volume was completed by Inhelder (published in 1983). In these two volumes, Piaget describes how the emergence of new possibilities and the formation of closed structures leading to a "sense of necessity" develop from one stage to another. The subtitle of this book is "The Role of Possibility (Necessity) in Cognitive Development," and the content elaborates on the development of children's concepts of possibility and necessity, as well as the relationship between possibility and necessity and children's cognitive development. The content of this book includes:
Volume 1: The Role of Possibility in Cognitive Development
Volume 2: The Role of Necessity in Cognitive Development