Words, Thoughts, and Theories

by Andrew N. Meltzoff and Alison Gopnik

Book Overview

Words, Thoughts and Theories articulates and defends the theory theory of cognitive and semantic development, the idea that infants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world by forming and revising theories, a view of the origins of knowledge and meaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071754
• ISBN13: 9780262071758
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"