"The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality."
— Jean Piaget

January 1, 1970

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Piaget (1971, p.27) cited in: Ernst von Glasersfeld "Homage to Jean Piaget (1896–1980)". In: Irish Journal of Psychology, 18, pp. 293–306