Paul Bloom
Author · 9 books
Paul Bloom is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale University. His research explores how children and adults understand the physical and social world, with special focus on morality, religion, fiction, and art. He has published more than a hundred scientific articles in journals such as Science and Nature, and his popular writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Slate, Natural History, and many other publications. He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching. His newest book—Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil—is coming out in November. Paul Bloom lives in New Haven with his wife and two sons.
Books
Descartes' Baby
How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
2004
The Sweet Spot
The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning
2021
How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
2000
How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
2010
Just Babies
The Origins of Good and Evil
2013
One Day University Best Lecture Series Presents
Psychology
2010
Linguaggio naturale e selezione darwiniana
2010
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
2016
Psych
The Story of the Human Mind
2023
