Abstraction and Representation: Essays on the Cultural Evolution of Thinking (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, #175)

by Peter Damerow

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This book deals with the development of thinking under different cultural conditions, focusing on the evolution of mathematical thinking in the history of science and education. Starting from Piaget's genetic epistemology, it provides a conceptual framework for describing and explaining the development of cognition by reflective abstractions from systems of actions.

  • ISBN13 9780792338161
  • Publish Date 31 December 1995
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Springer
  • Edition 1996 ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 418
  • Language English