David Moshman

Epistemic Cognition and Development

The Psychology of Justification and Truth

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Produktbeschreibung

Epistemic Cognition and Development provides a compelling account of developmental change across childhood and beyond in knowledge about knowledge, especially with regard to fundamental conceptions of objectivity, subjectivity, rationality, justification, and truth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781848725140
• ISBN-10: 1848725140
• Artikelnr.: 45436097

Autorenporträt

David Moshman is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and book review editor of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. His previous books include Adolescent Rationality and Development: Cognition, Morality, and Identity (3rd edition) and Liberty and Learning: Academic Freedom for Teachers and Students.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Epistemology and Cognition
1. The Perils of Pluto
2. The Study of Truth and Justification
3. Cognition and Metacognition
4. Epistemic Cognition
Part II: Epistemic Cognition and Development
5. Epistemic Development in Childhood
6. Epistemic Development Beyond Childhood
Part III: Epistemic Domains
7. Epistemologies of Science and Logic
8. Epistemologies of Morality and Convention
9. Epistemologies of History and Identity
Part IV: The Truth About Truth
10. Theoretical Conclusions
11. Epistemology in Practice
12. Prospects for Research