Child's Conception of the World

First published in 1997. This is Volume I of selected works of Jean Piaget which looks at his thinking on children perceive the world around them, touching on his concepts of realism, animism and artificialism.

Jean Piaget, Andrew Tomlinson

Introduction; Part 1 Realism; Chapter 1 The Notion of Thought; Chapter 2 Nominal Realism; Chapter 3 Dreams; Chapter 4 Realism and the Origin of the Idea of Part icipation; Part 2 Animism; Chapter 5 Consciousness Attributed to Things; Chapter 6 The Concept of "Life"; Chapter 7 The Origins of Child Animism, Moral Necessity and Physical Determinism; Part 3 Artificialism; Chapter 8 The Origin of the Sun and Moon; Chapter 9 Meteorology and the Origin of Water; Chapter 10 The Origin of Trees, Mountains and of the Earth; Chapter 11 The Meaning and Origins of Child Artificialism;