Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK IN JACKET 2004. 24x16cm. xv+271 pages. Clean & tight, crisp--feels unread. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: $26. Rare in this condition with a dust jacket.

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Title: Descartes' Baby: How The Science Of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
Publisher: Basic Books, New York
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 046500783X
ISBN 13: 9780465007837
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"If you really want to understand human nature, you must observe people as they are before they are corrupted by language and culture, by MTV and Hebrew school. You must look at babies." So contends psychologist Paul Bloom-whom Steven Pinker calls "the wunderkind of cognitive science"-in this fascinating account of how we learn to make sense of reality. 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. The myriad ways that our dualist perspectives, born in infancy, undergo development throughout our lives and profoundly influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions is the subject of this richly rewarding book.

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Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. His book How Children Learn the Meaning of Words won the Award for Excellence from the Association of American Publishers. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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