![]() ![]() However, despite the hyperbole, it is clear that Piaget was an extraordinarily important contributor to the philosophical underpinnings of psychology. The interviewer, Elizabeth Hall, began with an ingratiating statement:“You and Sigmund Freud are regarded as the two giants of 20th-century philosophy.”This statement by itself must be viewed as extreme hyperbole because she puts Piaget’s philosophical role above that of - to name only a few - Ludwig Wittgenstein, John-Paul Sartre, Karl Marx, and William James. This commentary considers some of these aspects in the context of Piaget’s legacy for contemporary psychology. ![]() ![]() The interview captured many facets of Piaget’s remarkable career: his roots in epistemology and natural history his interests in the underlying processes of intelligence and reasoning, the development of morality, and the theoretical basis within developmental psychology for educational practices and his comparisons between his theory and other major theoretical positions of the day. During that year, the international Jean Piaget Society was formed, and the society, as well as Piaget’s influence, endure. The Psychology Today interview with Jean Piaget took place in 1970 at the height of his influence. ![]()
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