What does the following sentence mean? “Piaget’s idea that individuals can be formal only in certain domains also shows that his epistemic, rational and nomothetic subject is not so opposed to a psychological, idiosyncratic subject as some of his critics have claimed.”

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What does the following sentence mean? “Piaget’s idea that individuals can be formal only in certain domains also shows that his epistemic, rational and nomothetic subject is not so opposed to a psychological, idiosyncratic subject as some of his critics have claimed.”

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It seems Piaget has a reputation for theorizing about human behavior as the result of rational, rule-based systems. The author claims that his ideas about when people can be formal, runs counter to this reputation. It’s difficult to assess that claim without substantially more context.