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In the beginning it seemed to us that someone was missing and that something was amiss. He was often mentioned, occasionally discussed, but seldom cited or credited explicitly. And when he was acknowl­ edged, it was sometimes for reasons that seemed anachronistic and misleading. His influence could be felt in a number of areas of our dis­ cipline, but few scholars seemed to know just how, just where, and to what extent. We discovered, almost accidentally, that we shared an in­ terest in his legacy, in unravelling at least some portion of this riddle. Shortly thereafter, we began discussing ways in which, by pooling our resources with those of interested others, we could move closer to a res­ olution. Put simply, the protagonist of this riddle is Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), the son of a wealthy Viennese industrialist, the influential Cantabrigian philosopher, the rural Austrian schoolteacher. And the subject of our study is his largely unexplored legacy for developmental psychology. Although Wittgenstein's thought seemed to hold special promise for the study of human development, the philosopher and his work could walk virtually unrecognized through the landscape of con­ temporary developmental issues.

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Author:   Michael Chapman ,  Roger A. Dixon
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.394kg
ISBN:  

9783642830259

ISBN 10:   3642830250
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   16 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Wittgenstein and Developmental Psychology.- 2 Pedagogical Elements in Wittgenstein’s Late Work, On Certainty.- 3 Rule Following, Mental Models, and the Developmental View.- 4 Wittgenstein, Contextualism, and Developmental Psychology.- 5 On Certainty and Universality in Human Development: Developmental Psychology Between Apriorism and Empiricism.- 6 Recognition in Wittgenstein and Contemporary Thought.- 7 Inner Processes and Outward Criteria: Wittgenstein’s Importance for Psychology.- 8 Wittgenstein’s “Forms of Life”: A Cultural Template for Psychology.- 9 Wittgenstein and Categorization Research in Cognitive Psychology.- 10 Wittgenstein, Psychology, and the Problem of Individuality.- 11 Socializing the Theory of Intellectual Development.- 12 Grammar, Psychology and Moral Rights.- Author Index.

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