In order to understand Piaget as a structuralist, the intellectual tradition of structuralism is characterized historically and in terms of its epistemology and metaphysics. Piaget’s theory is located as a branch of structuralism concerned with the concept of truth, in distinction from French structuralism which focuses on meaning. The two branches are compared and contrasted, and possible relations between the privileged models of logic and language are explored. Finally, Piaget’s particular brand of structuralism is defined more specifically by noting its similarities to and differences from the structuralisms of Chomsky and Levi-Strauss.