Descartes' Baby

Descartes' Baby
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Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780786738991
ISBN-13 : 0786738995
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Download or read book Descartes' Baby written by Paul Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.In Descartes’ 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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