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The Resource The philosophical baby : what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life, Alison Gopnik

The philosophical baby : what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life, Alison Gopnik

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The philosophical baby : what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life
Title
The philosophical baby
Title remainder
what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life
Statement of responsibility
Alison Gopnik
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
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Gopnik, Alison
Dewey number
155.413
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Perception in children
  • Cognition in children
  • Human information processing in children
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The philosophical baby : what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life, Alison Gopnik
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index
Contents
Possible worlds : why do children pretend? -- Imaginary companions : how does fiction tell the truth? -- Escaping Plato's cave : how children, scientists, and computers discover the truth -- What is it like to be a baby? : consciousness and attention -- Who am I? : memory, self, and the babbling stream -- Heraclitus' River and the Romanian orphans : how does our early life shape our later life? -- Learning to love : attachment and identity -- Love and law : the origins of morality -- Babies and the meaning of life
Control code
000044789026
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 288 p.
Isbn
9781847921079
Label
The philosophical baby : what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life, Alison Gopnik
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index
Contents
Possible worlds : why do children pretend? -- Imaginary companions : how does fiction tell the truth? -- Escaping Plato's cave : how children, scientists, and computers discover the truth -- What is it like to be a baby? : consciousness and attention -- Who am I? : memory, self, and the babbling stream -- Heraclitus' River and the Romanian orphans : how does our early life shape our later life? -- Learning to love : attachment and identity -- Love and law : the origins of morality -- Babies and the meaning of life
Control code
000044789026
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 288 p.
Isbn
9781847921079

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