Trusting What You're Told

Trusting What You're Told
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9780674065192
ISBN-13 : 0674065190
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Book Synopsis Trusting What You're Told by : Paul L. Harris

Download or read book Trusting What You're Told written by Paul L. Harris and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, how would a child discover that the earth is round—never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Trusting What You’re Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others.


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