Epistemology Quote by Jean Piaget

What the genetic epistemology proposes is discovering the roots of the different varieties of knowledge, since its elementary forms, following to the next levels,…

— Jean Piaget

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.

— Jean Piaget

We are compelled to drive toward total knowledge, right down to the levels of the neuron and the gene. When we have progressed enough…

— E. O. Wilson

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

— Steven Pinker

The task of evolutionary psychology is not to weigh in on human nature, a task better left to others. It is to add the…

— Steven Pinker

“I believe we inherit a great river of knowledge, a flow of patterns coming from many sources. The information that comes from deep in…

— David Brooks

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

— Steven Pinker

We have new media, new forms of connectivity, and an enormous transference of knowledge. When you study evolution, you see that when new genes…

— Jean Houston

“humans are born with brains structured to make sense of the world, and that often leads to beliefs that go beyond any natural explanation.”

— David DiSalvo

When speaking of a "body of knowledge" or of "the results of research," e.g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge…

— Leo Strauss

“The mysteries of psychology pale in comparison, just as evolution strikes me as infinitely more spiritually profound than Genesis.”

— Maggie Nelson

“Most psychologists believe that nature—genetics—accounts for about half of the reason why we tend to act the way we do. His point is simply…

— Malcolm Gladwell