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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: TextTextPublication details: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, c2009.Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: x, 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780312429843
  • 0312429843
Subject(s):
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 Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Biblioteket Valhallavägen Do Available
Book 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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