2Epistemic cognition and development
In this chapter, I present a theoretical and developmental account of epistemic cognition. The account is theoretical in that it consists of a set of concepts and propositions. It is developmental in that it assumes a developmental basis for epistemic cognition.
The chapter is organized into six sections. In the first I briefly introduce the literatures of epistemic cognition. Next I define and discuss ten concepts central to the study of epistemic cognition. Then, drawing on these concepts, I present, explain, and justify 16 propositions that together provide a theoretical and developmental account of epistemic cognition. In the remaining three sections, I consider the relation of the present ...
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