Alison Gopnik Series

Alison Gopnik is an internationally recognized leader in the study of children's learning and development. Her work illuminates children's minds and was the first to argue that children's minds could help us understand deep philosophical questions. She is one of the founders of the study of "theory of mind" and formulated the "theory theory," which describes how children learn in the same way that scientists do. Her writing for a broader audience explores how children's thinking can teach us about love, truth, and the meaning of life.