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Jean Piaget: the Psychologist As Renaissance Man; The Philosopher's Shadow (Published 1980)

By Howard Gardner · The New York Times · September 1980
Jean Piaget: the Psychologist As Renaissance Man; The Philosopher's Shadow (Published 1980)
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"Enter our young hero, Sebastian. Faced with an adolescent religious crisis, he resolves the issue by adopting an "unshakeable faith" in science. Inspired by his studies in biology, he dreams of a "course synthesizing the sciences of life," granting a privileged niche to psychology and to the theory of knowledge."

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