Age, Biography and Wiki

Alison Gopnik was born on 16 June, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U S., is an American psychologist (born 1955). Discover Alison Gopnik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation N/A
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 16 June, 1955
Birthday 16 June
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U S.
Nationality United States

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 16 June. She is a member of famous with the age 68 years old group.

Alison Gopnik Height, Weight & Measurements

At 68 years old, Alison Gopnik height not available right now. We will update Alison Gopnik's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Who Is Alison Gopnik's Husband?

Her husband is George Lewinski (m. 1975-2007) Alvy Ray Smith (m. 2010)

Family
Parents Not Available
Husband George Lewinski (m. 1975-2007) Alvy Ray Smith (m. 2010)
Sibling Not Available
Children 3

Alison Gopnik Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alison Gopnik worth at the age of 68 years old? Alison Gopnik’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from United States. We have estimated Alison Gopnik's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income

Alison Gopnik Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter Alison Gopnik Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia Alison Gopnik Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1716

In addition, Dolu had met Ippolito Desideri, another Jesuit missionary who had visited Tibet from 1716 to 1721.

Gopnik argues that because of his exposure to Theravada Buddhism, Dolu may form the source of the Buddhist influence on Hume's Treatise.

Gopnik cites a number of letters from Hume that mention his time at La Flèche and his meeting with Jesuits from the college.

It is from this Buddhist connection through the learning of the Jesuit college that Hume is influenced to deny the ontological reality of the self—which Gopnik links to the Buddhist idea of Śūnyatā (Emptiness).

1955

Alison Gopnik (born June 16, 1955) is an American professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

She is known for her work in the areas of cognitive and language development, specializing in the effect of language on thought, the development of a theory of mind, and causal learning.

Her writing on psychology and cognitive science has appeared in Science, Scientific American, The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, New Scientist, Slate and others.

Her body of work also includes four books and over 100 journal articles.

She has frequently appeared on TV and radio including The Charlie Rose Show and The Colbert Report.

Slate writes of Gopnik, "One of the most prominent researchers in the field, Gopnik is also one of the finest writers, with a special gift for relating scientific research to the questions that parents and others most want answered. This is where to go if you want to get into the head of a baby."

Gopnik is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, sharing the Mind & Matter column with Robert Sapolsky on alternating Saturdays.

1975

Gopnik received a B.A., majoring in psychology and philosophy, from McGill University in 1975.

1980

In 1980, she received a D.Phil. in experimental psychology from Oxford University.

1988

She worked at the University of Toronto before joining the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1988.

Gopnik has done extensive work with applying Bayesian networks to human learning and has published and presented numerous papers on the topic.

Gopnik says of this work, "The interesting thing about Bayes nets is that they search out causes rather than mere associations. They give you a single representational structure for dealing both with things that just happen and with interventions—things you observe others doing to the world or things you do to the world. This is important because there is something really special about the way we treat and understand human action. We give it a special status in terms of our causal inferences. We think of human actions as things that you do that are designed to change things in the world as opposed to other events that just take place."

Judea Pearl, developer of Bayesian networks, says Gopnik was one of the first psychologists to note that the mathematical models also resemble how children learn.

Gopnik's work at Berkeley's Child Study Center seeks to develop mathematical models of how children learn.

These models could be used to develop better algorithms for artificial intelligence.

2009

In 2009, Gopnik published a paper in Hume Studies arguing that the historical record regarding the circumstances around David Hume's authoring of A Treatise of Human Nature are wrong.

Gopnik argued that Hume had access to the library of the Royal College at La Flèche, a Jesuit institution that had been founded by Henri IV.

At the time Hume was living nearby and working on the Treatise, La Flèche was home to a Jesuit missionary named Charles François Dolu, a learned man who was an expert on different world religions who had visited the French embassy in Siam.

2012

The feature-length documentary film The Singularity by independent filmmaker Doug Wolens (released at the end of 2012), showcasing Gopnik's work in cognitive development as it relates to computer learning, has been acclaimed as "a large-scale achievement in its documentation of futurist and counter-futurist ideas" and "the best documentary on the Singularity to date."

Gopnik is the daughter of linguist Myrna Gopnik.

She is Jewish.

2013

In April, 2013, Gopnik was inducted into The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2014

She is, as of 2014, a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society.

In 2021, she will receive the James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Achievement Award for Applied Research from the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

Gopnik is an authority on the philosophy of mind and a preeminent developmental psychologist.

Gopnik is known for advocating the "theory theory" which postulates that the same mechanisms used by scientists to develop scientific theories are used by children to develop causal models of their environment.

The "theory theory" was explored in "Words, Thoughts, and Theories," co-authored with Andrew N. Meltzoff.

Gopnik co-authored with Andrew N. Meltzoff and Patricia K. Kuhl "The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind."

The book posits that the cognitive development of children in early life is made possible by three factors: innate knowledge, advanced learning ability, and the evolved ability of parents to teach their offspring.

"Causal Learning: Psychology, Philosophy, and Computation," edited with Laura Schulz, explores causal learning and the interdisciplinary work done in furthering the understanding of learning and reasoning.

In her book "The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life," Gopnik explores how infants and young children cognitively develop by using processes similar to those used by scientists, including experimenting on their environment.

The book explains how an environment maximized for an infant's cognitive development is one that is safe to explore.

The book also explores what babies can tell us about love, imagination and identity, as well as considering the broader philosophical significance of care-giving.

"The Philosophical Baby" has been recognized as a New York Times Extended List Bestseller, a San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller, and an Independent Bookstores Bestseller.

It has also received acclaim on the New York Times Editor's Choice list, the San Francisco Chronicle Editors Choice list, and as one of Babble's 50 Best Parenting Books.

It has also been recognized as recommended reading by Scientific American.