num_pages: 268
description: Words, Thoughts, and Theories articulates and defends the 'theory theory' of cognitive and semantic development, the idea that infants and young children, like scientists, learn about the world by forming and revising theories--a view of the origins of knowledge and meaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.
language: English
title: Words, Thoughts, and Theories
titlecomplete: Words, Thoughts, and Theories (Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change)
genres: Language, Philosophy, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, Parenting, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Mit Pr