Shepherd Claims That, "When the Doctrine I Propose Becomes Unfolded

question 158

True/False

Shepherd claims that, "When the doctrine I propose becomes unfolded, the following is the conclusion to which I wish it may lead: The relations of various sensations generate conclusions, which become new sensations or perceptions, and which, as so many inward objects of sense, afford an evidence of the existence of the exterior objects."

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Definitions:

Artificialism

A belief, typically held by children, that environmental features were made by people.

Preoperational Children

Describes children in Piaget's stage of cognitive development, typically aged 2-7, characterized by symbolic thinking and difficulty understanding other perspectives.

Three-mountain Test

A cognitive development test designed by Jean Piaget to assess a child's ability to understand perspectives different from their own.

Reversibility

According to Piaget, recognition that processes can be undone, leaving things as they were before. Reversibility is a factor in conservation of the properties of substances.