Memory And Intelligence
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of cognitive science and developmental psychology stands Memory and Intelligence, a landmark work in which two of the twentieth century's most formidable intellectual minds present a rigorous and revelatory examination of how memory functions not as a passive archive, but as an active, evolving instrument of thought. Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder argue, through meticulous experimental research conducted with children at various stages of development, that memory is inextricably bound to the structures of intelligence itself — that what we remember is shaped, and continuously reshaped, by what we know and understand. Written in the precise yet illuminating style that defines the Geneva School of genetic epistemology, this collaboration — undertaken with Hermine Sinclair-de Zwart and translated into English by Arnold J. Pomerans — challenges centuries of received wisdom about the nature of recollection. Rather than treating memory as a static record, Piaget and Inhelder demonstrate that mnemonic capacity develops in tandem with operational thinking, offering a vision of the mind that is dynamic, constructive, and deeply tied to cognitive growth. For students of psychology, education, and philosophy of mind alike, this work raises a question that lingers long after the final page: if our memories change as our intelligence grows, what does that tell us about the very nature of knowledge itself?
Author: Jean Piaget And Bärbel Inhelder
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Routledge & Kegan Paul
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of cognitive science and developmental psychology stands Memory and Intelligence, a landmark work in which two of the twentieth century's most formidable intellectual minds present a rigorous and revelatory examination of how memory functions not as a passive archive, but as an active, evolving instrument of thought. Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder argue, through meticulous experimental research conducted with children at various stages of development, that memory is inextricably bound to the structures of intelligence itself — that what we remember is shaped, and continuously reshaped, by what we know and understand. Written in the precise yet illuminating style that defines the Geneva School of genetic epistemology, this collaboration — undertaken with Hermine Sinclair-de Zwart and translated into English by Arnold J. Pomerans — challenges centuries of received wisdom about the nature of recollection. Rather than treating memory as a static record, Piaget and Inhelder demonstrate that mnemonic capacity develops in tandem with operational thinking, offering a vision of the mind that is dynamic, constructive, and deeply tied to cognitive growth. For students of psychology, education, and philosophy of mind alike, this work raises a question that lingers long after the final page: if our memories change as our intelligence grows, what does that tell us about the very nature of knowledge itself?