...Mark H. Bickhard An underlying process metaphysics is, arguably, necessary, but it is not sufficient for understanding the world, and, in particular, for understanding the mind and its development. It is necessary for both logical and empirical reasons, but we also need to account, within...

...Leon Rappoport De Nicolas presents an hermeneutic exploration of the life and work of St. Ignatius of Loyola, including new translations of his essential metaphysical writings. Detailed philosophical analyses reveal the latent ‘embodied epistemology’ of Ignatius’ meditation system. Known...

...Charles Tolman The intention of this paper is to criticize Klaus Riegel’s conception of dialectics. Dialectics is distinguished from the metaphysic of properties and the metaphysic of relations. The importance to dialectics of understanding movement, contradiction and development in terms...

...Sidney Strauss; Moshe Kroy Piaget’s conceptualization of concrete and formal operations is presented. The main contention is that Piaget has obfuscated logic, metaphysics, and methodology. The elucidation of this point and the proposal of an alternative understanding of formal operations include...

...Steinar Kvale The metaphysical character of psychological memory research that originated with Ebbinghaus is pointed out. This research emphasizes isolated, static elements and quantitative relationships; it often implies the concept of a permanent memory. In contrast, a dialectical approach...

... as ultimately yielding to static, metaphysical thought processes. Suggestions in Piaget’s later thought that even such categories are relative and transitory points to the need of developed, scientific dialectics, both as a further stage of intellectual development and as a framework for conceptualizing...