Podcast Episodes featuring Alison Gopnik
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Alison Gopnik — The Evolutionary Power of Children and Teenagers
On Being with Krista Tippett - January 23, 2020 16:20 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratingsAlison Gopnik understands babies and children as the R&D division of humanity. From her cognitive science lab at the University of California, -Berkeley, she investigates the “evolutionary paradox” of the long human childhood. When she first trained in philosophy and developmental psychology, th...
[Unedited] Alison Gopnik with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett - January 23, 2020 16:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratingsAlison Gopnik understands babies and children as the R&D division of humanity. From her cognitive science lab at the University of California, -Berkeley, she investigates the “evolutionary paradox” of the long human childhood. When she first trained in philosophy and developmental psychology, th...
Rationally Speaking #207 - Alison Gopnik on "The wrong way to think about parenting, plus the downsides of modernity"
Rationally Speaking Podcast - April 30, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 464 ratingsDevelopmental psychologist Alison Gopnik explains why modern parenting is too goal-oriented. Alison and Julia discuss whether anything parents do matters, whether kids should go to school, and how kids learn discipline if you don't force them to do things. They also discuss Alison's reservations ...
Ep. 640: Alison Gopnik Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
Michael Covel's Trend Following - March 12, 2018 02:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 567 ratingsMy guest today is Alison Gopnik, an American professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her work in the areas of cognitive and language development, specializing in the effect of language on thought, the development o...
61. Alison Gopnik (Developmental Psychologist) – Artificial Intelligence/Natural Stupidity
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - August 27, 2016 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratingsAlison Gopnik is an internationally recognized expert in children’s learning and development. A professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, and the author of many books including the The Philosophical Baby. Her new book The Gardener and the Carpenter is a respons...
8 Alison Gopnik - We All Start Out as Scientists, But Some of Us Forget
Inquiring Minds - November 07, 2013 22:33 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratingsThis week we feature a conversation with psychologist Alison Gopnik, recorded live at the 2013 Bay Area Science Festival. Gopnik talks about her latest book, The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life. She explains that babies are natural exp...
Alison Gopnik on Hume and Buddhism
Philosophy Bites - September 14, 2013 06:40 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsMany people have noticed similarities between what David Hume wrote about the self and Buddhist teaching on this subject. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites archive Alison Gopnik discusses the possibility that there was a direct route of influence.
Alison Gopnik on the Imagination
Philosophy Bites - June 17, 2011 17:50 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsWhat role does imagination play in our lives? Why do we have an imagination at all? Alison Gopnik investigates these questions in conversation with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy.
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