Logic And Mathematics Are Nothing But Specialised

The Child Is A Realist In Every Domain Of Thought, And It Is Therefore Natural That In The Moral Sphere He Should Lay More Stress On The External, Tangible Element Than On The Hidden Motive.

Chance... In The Accommodation Peculiar To Sensorimotor Intelligence, Plays The Same Role As In Scientific Discovery. It Is Only Useful To The Genius And Its Revelations Remain Meaningless To The Unskilled.

What The Genetic Epistemology Proposes Is Discovering The Roots Of The Different Varieties Of Knowledge, Since Its Elementary Forms, Following To The Next Levels, Including Also The Scientific Knowledge.

In Other Words, Knowledge Of The External World Begins With An Immediate Utilisation Of Things, Whereas Knowledge Of Self Is Stopped By This Purely Practical And Utilitarian Contact.

It Is As His Own Mind Comes Into Contact With Others That Truth Will Begin To Acquire Value In The Child's Eyes And Will Consequently Become A Moral Demand That Can Be Made Upon Him. As Long As The Child Remains Egocentric, Truth As Such Will Fail To Interest Him And He Will See No Harm In Transposing Facts In Accordance With His Desires.