The Philosophical Baby with Alison Gopnik
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Research shows that even the youngest babies have learning abilities that are more powerful than those of the smartest scientists and most advanced computers. Alison Gopnik, UC professor, WSJ science columnist, and author of the critically acclaimed books The Scientist in the Crib and The Philosophical Baby, will discuss some of the new discoveries in our scientific understanding of babies and young children and their implications for the way we think about young children and ourselves.
ALISON GOPNIK, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley, Oxford Ph.D graduate, and one of the foremost scientists studying children's learning and development, was the first to argue that children's minds could help us understand deep philosophical questions. She writes the WSJ "Mind and Matter" science column and has also written widely about cognitive science and psychology for scholarly and popular publications including Science and NY Times. She has appeared on "The Colbert Report," and her TED talk has been viewed over a million times.
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Wine reception at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. For adults and high school students only. No one younger will be admitted. This event is free and open to the public.