ABSTRACT
Piaget's theory can be seen as an attempt to trace the increasing objectification of thought. This chapter is concerned with two major questions. Firstly, what does Piaget think objective thought consists in? Secondly, is he correct in this view? The conclusion will be that his view is not correct since he fails to take proper account of the social nature of knowledge. This failure leads him to make misleading statements about the nature of objective knowledge and the process of objectification of thought. It also leads him to impute far greater intelligibility to the child's thought than his observations warrant.
