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Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human

by Paul Bloom · 2004

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All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect objects to obey principles of physics, and they're startled when things disappear or defy gravity. Yet they can also read emotions and respond with anger, sympathy, and joy.InDescartes' Baby, Bloom draws on a wealth of scientific discoveries to show how these two ways of knowing give rise to such uniquely human traits as humor, disgust, religion, art, and morality. How our dualist perspective, developed throughout our lives, profoundly influences our thoughts, feelings, and actions is the subject of this richly rewarding book.

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psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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parentingparentingMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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medium · 288 pages

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