How long does it take to read The Philosophical Baby?
what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life
The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A revelatory examination of how babies and young children think draws on new scientific understandings to identify links between key behaviors and subsequent abilities, explaining how the latest findings offer profound insight into the nature of being human.
Subjects: Human information processing in children, Cognition in children, Perception in children, Cognitieve ontwikkeling, Perception, Cognition
