[MD] The Trouble With Wilber

[Krimel]

dmb says:
Okay, its a dead horse (and I'm neurotic jackass) but let me kick it just 
one more time. I just pulled Wilber's "Integral Psychology" (2000) off my 
shelf. This book would be more to the point if one were specifically 
interested in his synthesis of the various psychologists. Here's a sample, 
Sir Krimelcase...

[Krimel]
It is like some twisted version of the Stone's Sticky Finger's album; Wild
Horse and Dead Flower morphing into Wild Flowers and Dead Horses. "You send
me dead horses by electronic mail..."

Quoth Wilber:
"The major inadequacy of Piaget's system, most scholars now agree, is that 
Piaget generally maintained that cognitive development (conceived as 
logico-mathematical competence) is the only major line of devoplment, 
whereas there is now abundant evidence that numerous different developmental

lines (such as ego, moral, affective, interpersonal, artistic, etc.) can 
unfold in a relatively independent manner."

[Krimel]
More self serving Wilberism. This is simply not true. I can think of all
kinds of criticism leveled at Piaget but this is the first I have heard of
this one. Even people who headed down these paths rarely criticize Piaget
for not doing so.

In a 1996 article in Psychological Review, Orlando Lourenço evaluated 10
criticisms commonly leveled at Piaget. They are:

1. Piaget's Theory Underestimates the Competence of Children
2. Piaget's Theory Establishes Age Norms Disconfirmed by the Data
3. Piaget Characterizes Development Negatively
4. Piaget's Theory Is an Extreme Competence Theory
5. Piaget's Theory Neglects the Role of Social Factors in Development
6. Piaget's Theory Predicts Developmental Synchronies Not Corroborated by
the Data
7. Piaget's Theory Describes but Does Not Explain
8. Piaget's Theory Is Paradoxical Because It Assesses Thinking Through
Language
9. Piaget's Theory Ignores Postadolescence Development
10. Piaget's Theory Appeals to Inappropriate Models of Logic

I don't see anything like, "Piaget generally maintained that cognitive
development (conceived as logico-mathematical competence) is the only major
line of development," on the list.