Some examples of cognitive-developmental approaches to particular domains that I am aware of:

• Spatial representation in art history (Gablik 1979)
• Ethics in classical Chinese literature (Roetz 1993)
• Stone tool technology (Wynn 2002)
• English literature (LePan 1996)
• Egyptology (Brunner-Traut 1996)
• History of science and religion (Barnes 2000)
• Ethics in Greek philosophy (Minnameier 2005)

Michael: Perhaps you can find some useful material in this bibliography that I've been puting together over the last few years for art students:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312320657_Embodied_cognition_and_aesthetic_experience_a_bibliography

Data Embodied cognition and aesthetic experience: a bibliography

Dear Michael,

I think that an example of a cognitive-developmental approach can be found in the following book: How we interpret art: A cognitive developmental account of aesthetic experience, Parsons, M. (1987) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In this book Parsons identifies 5 stages in one's understanding of art. Therefore, this book is a good example of a cognitive developmental approach applied to human artifacts, namely to the beautiful domain. Note that it is often the case that cognitive-developmental approaches have been applied to the cognitive domain (e.g., Piaget's theory) and the moral domain (e.g., Kohlberg's theory).

Best regards and good luck for your interesting project

Dear Orlando,

Thank you for your suggestions! This is exactly the kind of book I am looking for. In this case, I have read it already and I referred to it in my working notes. I also agree about your differentiation of specific domains like the beautiful or aesthetic, the cognitive, and the moral. In this regard, I find Habermas's formal pragmatics very useful.

Please let me know, if you have something else.

All the best,

Michael