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Part One is given over to a presentation of the theoretical hypotheses. It was well to begin with these since the experiments, taken up in Part Two, were inspired by them. Finally, there is the critique (Part Three). It seems clear that Professor Flavell is more interested in the experiments than in the theory, which sometimes gives me the impression—perhaps not of having been misunderstood, but, if you will—of having been understood on certain issues more from without than from within. But since the great majority of readers are not likely to be primarily oriented toward the theory either, the emphasis he has chosen is probably the most useful one. Professor Flavell concluded his book with a critical section that may lead the reader to take his positive comments about the system much more seriously than if he had blindly and uncritically gone along with me on all points.
