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On the implications of object permanence: Microhistorical insights from Piaget's new theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2020

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Jeremy Trevelyan Burman*
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Theory and History of Psychology Department, Heymans Institute for Psychological Research, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Science, University of Groningen, Groningen9718NG, Netherlands. J.T.Burman@RUG.NL https://www.rug.nl/staff/j.t.burman/
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Abstract

The authors’ arguments reflect the dominant traditions of American Psychology. In doing so, however, they miss relevant insights omitted during the original importation (translation and popularization) of the foreign sources that informed the theories they built upon. Of particular relevance here are Piaget's last studies. These are presented to unpack the meaning of “object permanence” as a kind of representation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e124
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