ABSTRACT
A given number of disparate objects are presented to the subject, who is asked to classify them according to whether or not they float on water. Then (the classification completed) he is asked to explain the basis of his classification in each case. Next, the subject himself experiments, having been given one or several buckets of water; finally, he is asked to summarize his observations, this latter request suggesting that he is to look for a law, if this has not already spontaneously occurred to him. 2
