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2010 Birth to Three Institute Conference: Opening Plenary
The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Teach Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life
  

Dr. Alison Gopnik, the keynote speaker at the 2010 Birth to Three Institute Conference: Opening Plenary, talks about how babies see the world and how they have learning abilities similar to those of scientists. Program staff, education coordinators, trainers, and parents will find this information useful in their daily work with young children.

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2010 Birth to Three Institute Conference: Opening Plenary. The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Teach Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life. Gopnik, Alison. Birth to Three Institute. Washington, DC. HHS/ACF/OHS. 2010. English. Streaming Video. 01:41:48.

Last Reviewed: May 2012

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