I.W.Kelly Logical consistency and the child
Philosophy of the Social Sciences 11 (March):15-18 (1981)
Abstract
The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget contends that children
below the age of 12 see no necessity for the logical law of non-contradiction.
I argue this view is problematic. First of all, Piaget's dialogues with children which are
considered supportive of this position are not clearly so. Secondly, Piaget
underestimates the necessary nature of following the logical
law of non-contradiction in everyday discourse. The mere possibility of
saying something significant and informative at all presupposes that the law
of non-contradiction is enforced.
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