Meaning and the Growth of Understanding : Wittgenstein’s Significance for Developmental Psychology

"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 acknowlƯ edged, it was sometimes for reasons that seemed anachronistic and misleading. His influence could be felt in a number of areas of our disƯ cipline, but few scholars seemed to know just how, just where, and to what extent. We discovered, almost accidentally, that we shared an inƯ 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 resƯ 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 conƯ temporary developmental issues"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Introduction: Wittgenstein and Developmental Psychology....Pages 1-10 Pedagogical Elements in Wittgenstein’s Late Work, On Certainty ....Pages 11-22 Rule-Following, Mental Models, and the Developmental View....Pages 23-48 Wittgenstein, Contextualism, and Developmental Psychology....Pages 49-67 On Certainty and Universality in Human Development: Developmental Psychology Between Apriorism and Empiricism....Pages 69-84 Recognition in Wittgenstein and Contemporary Thought....Pages 85-102 Inner Processes and Outward Criteria: Wittgenstein’s Importance for Psychology....Pages 103-127 Wittgenstein’s “Forms of Life”: A Cultural Template for Psychology....Pages 129-149 Wittgenstein and Categorization Research in Cognitive Psychology....Pages 151-166 Wittgenstein, Psychology, and the Problem of Individuality....Pages 167-185 Socializing the Theory of Intellectual Development....Pages 187-218 Grammar, Psychology and Moral Rights....Pages 219-230 Back Matter....Pages 231-236