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Alison Gopnik, The Evolution of Human Intelligences | Natural Philosophy Forum Lecture 2025

The Johns Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum sponsors an annual Distinguished Lecture, to be given by a scientist or ...

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Alison Gopnik - What is Causation?

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In a "billiard-ball world" of Newtonian science,

Alison Gopnik: The Pitfalls of Overparenting

Alison Gopnik: The Pitfalls of Overparenting

Many parents talk about how different their own childhood was from that of their kids. In The Gardener and the Carpenter, ...

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Empowerment Gain as Causal Learning

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2022 APS William James Fellow Award - Alison Gopnik

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