J. Piaget eta Soziologia

Abstract

In the field of human and social sciences we shall never tire of wondering what the most appropriate means and resources might be for the pursuit of know- ledge. There have been, and continue to be, a range of successful approaches; but if any one person epitomises the effective use of the interdisciplinary option, then that person is J. Piaget. Although in this particular article we attempt to define his procedural model for sociology, what we offer is not beyond the realms of philoso- phy, teaching, anthropology, and psychology. His development of sociology, though only partial, was by no means insubstantial. He met the challenge of establishing a method of reasoning which was appropriate for the human and social sciences. Thus he proposed a definition of sociological knowledge, which states that the connection between sociology and psychology lies in the fact they have an object in common. He also held that an epistemology can be constructed from the thought processes of the child, and put forward a significant interpretation of inhibition. We might also say that his view of socialisation puts us on the trail of the action of social movements. His aim was to uncover universal laws.