“In the end the party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make the claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacit...

There are two classical theories of cognitive development. The one that I will focus on is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Jean Piaget, a Swiss, educated, mollusk biologist lived from 1896 to 1980. He hypothesized that learning is a physical, biological function of dealing with successfu...

A central tenet of Othello is the concept of right judgement, and to always use it when making decisions. The so-called “hierarchy of right judgement” can illustrate the renaissance definition of right judgement. Governing all is reason, which includes understanding and will. Below reason a...