Dr. Paul Bloom
Department of Psychology
Yale University



Thursday, March 31, 2005, 3:30 pm

(Refreshments served at 3:15 pm)

Room #134A Krieger Hall


Bodies and Souls


Evidence from developmental psychology suggests that 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.