Michael Tomasello
10 books
About the Author
Michael Tomasello is a renowned developmental psychologist and linguist whose groundbreaking research explores the evolutionary and developmental origins of human cognition, sociality, and language. A professor emeritus at Duke University and former director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Tomasello has dedicated his career to understanding how young children acquire uniquely human forms of cooperation, communication, and cultural learning. Drawing on comparative studies with great apes, his work illuminates the psychological foundations of our species' social nature. In Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny, he presents a comprehensive framework for how human infants develop shared intentionality and collective knowledge, challenging traditional views of cognition and influencing fields from philosophy to education. Tomasello's accessible yet rigorous scholarship continues to shape debates on what makes us truly human.
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