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Causal Learning
Psychology, Philosophy, putation
Edited by
Alison Gopnik
Laura Schulz
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2007
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Causal learning : psychology, philosophy, putation / edited by
Alison Gopnik and Laura Schulz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-517680-3
1. Learning, Psychology of. 2. Causation. I. Gopnik, Alison. II. Schulz, Laura.
2007
′5—dc22 2006018902
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Preface
This volume originated in a causal learning “group” by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship
(Gopnik, Richardson, and Campbell) and a series of and an American Association of University Women
workshops between September 2003 and June 2004 at Fellowship.
the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral The principal founder of this feast, however, is the
Sciences at Stanford University, Stanford, California. McDonnell Fo