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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, c2009.Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: x, 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780312429843
  • 0312429843
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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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Barcode
Book Biblioteket Valhallavägen Do Available
Book Biblioteket Valhallavägen Do Gopnik 1 Available 43731007637
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-272) and index

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.

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