The epistemological significance of Piaget's developmental stages: A Lakatosian interpretation

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-59

  Niaz, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0040083043     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0732-118x(97)10020-4     Document Type: Article

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