Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

By Paul Bloom

"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the on...

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

By Paul Bloom

The Sweet Spot

By Paul Bloom

Psych

By Paul Bloom

Descartes' Baby: How Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human

By Paul Bloom

Language Acquisition: Core Readings

By Paul Bloom

Language and Space

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The study of the relationship between natural language and spatial cognition has the potential to yield answers to vexing questions about the nature of the mind, language, and culture. The fifteen...

Language, Logic, and Concepts

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Language Acquisition: Core Readings

By Paul Bloom

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

By Paul Bloom

How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "thi...