I present today a book that I have begun to read and is fascinating me. Is about "The philosopher in diapers" of the psychologist Alison Gopni, edited by Themes of today.
The work analyzes, taking into account the most advanced scientific discoveries, the way in which the brain of babies works, which is completely clean, transparent and open to stimuli, like a large lantern that overflows light and is astonished at the universe that surrounds her. I leave you, as an introduction, a small comment that belongs to the prologue written by pediatrician Carlos González.
"The philosopher among diapers is a pleasant and rigorous book. It will interest psychologists, educators, philosophers and health professionals, but also all those people who want to better understand the functioning of the human mind. And, above all, it will help thousands of parents to better understand their children and to delight (even more if possible) by observing them. "
Until recently, when we thought of a baby's mind, we did not conceive it as that of an intelligent being, but that is not true. They do not have an irrational or simply instinctive thought. They are prepared to learn from the environment and their brain is much more plastic and creative than that of adults.
However, knowing how to respect their way of assimilating experiences and drawing conclusions from them will allow us to help them grow without hindrance or fixed concepts imposed from outside.
Scientific advances show us that their ability to create links between neurons is extraordinary and parents and educators have to understand this in order to help them make early childhood experiences the basis of a happy, intellectually complete and confident adult life. in themselves.
In "The philosopher among diapers" We can find reliable and scientific information to better understand how our children's brain and thinking works.
