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Bodies and Souls

  • Event Date: March 22, 2005
  • Event Start Time: 1:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 2:00 PM
  • Event Location: Yale University, Department of Psychology
  • Event Type: Talks: RuCCS Colloquia
  • Event Semester: Spring 2005
  • Event Contact: Dr. Paul Bloom
  • Event Extra info: <a href="http://pantheon.yale.edu/~pb85/">Dr. Paul Bloom</a>

Evidence from developmental psychology suggests that both children and adults see physical entities such as objects (or bodies) as fundamentally distinct from psychological entities such as minds (or souls). We are natural-born dualists. This has profound implications for our mental life, and helps explain certain surprising facts about art, religion, humor, and morality.