[Phys-L] Re: Piaget & Dewey: Down for the Count? - PART 1

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

Hi all-
        In reponse to:
> "[Metzenberg's (undated #2)] is an interesting article, but I'm not
> sure that I see why one piece of contrary research should throw out
> all of Piaget's theory.  Scientific method would dictate that we
> theorize, experiment, replicate and revise. Where does the
> all-or-nothing stance of Metzenberg come from? I fear it comes from
> ideology and belief, and not from any type of scientific approach to
> the issue. Do look at the essay. The document is an opinion piece,
> and not scholarly look at the issue."

        "Ein gegenbespiel ist wort ein tausend bespielen is, as I
understand it, a cardinal principle of science."
                                        Regards,
                                                Jack

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                just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
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