Talia Welsh is a University of Chattanooga Foundation associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• Table of Contents Preface A philosopher who is willing to observe The child as natural phenomenologist Chapter One: Early Work in Child Psychology Consciousness and action Nascent perception Development Chapter Two: Phenomenology, Gestalt theory, and Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Gestalt theory Psychoanalysis Chapter Three: Syncretic Sociability and the Birth of the Self Syncretic sociability The birth of self and other-awareness Chapter Four: Contemporary Research in Psychology and Phenomenology Neonatal imitation Theory of mind Interaction theory and dialogical relatedness Chapter Five: Exploration and Learning Magic and scientific thinking Child Drawing and adult oculocentrism Chapter Six: Culture, Development, and Gender Development and the case of menstruation Pregnancy and gender Contemporary feminist views Conclusion: An incomparable childhood References Notes Index

Talia Welsh is a University of Chattanooga Foundation associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• Table of Contents Preface A philosopher who is willing to observe The child as natural phenomenologist Chapter One: Early Work in Child Psychology Consciousness and action Nascent perception Development Chapter Two: Phenomenology, Gestalt theory, and Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Gestalt theory Psychoanalysis Chapter Three: Syncretic Sociability and the Birth of the Self Syncretic sociability The birth of self and other-awareness Chapter Four: Contemporary Research in Psychology and Phenomenology Neonatal imitation Theory of mind Interaction theory and dialogical relatedness Chapter Five: Exploration and Learning Magic and scientific thinking Child Drawing and adult oculocentrism Chapter Six: Culture, Development, and Gender Development and the case of menstruation Pregnancy and gender Contemporary feminist views Conclusion: An incomparable childhood References Notes Index

Talia Welsh is a University of Chattanooga Foundation associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• Table of Contents Preface A philosopher who is willing to observe The child as natural phenomenologist Chapter One: Early Work in Child Psychology Consciousness and action Nascent perception Development Chapter Two: Phenomenology, Gestalt theory, and Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Gestalt theory Psychoanalysis Chapter Three: Syncretic Sociability and the Birth of the Self Syncretic sociability The birth of self and other-awareness Chapter Four: Contemporary Research in Psychology and Phenomenology Neonatal imitation Theory of mind Interaction theory and dialogical relatedness Chapter Five: Exploration and Learning Magic and scientific thinking Child Drawing and adult oculocentrism Chapter Six: Culture, Development, and Gender Development and the case of menstruation Pregnancy and gender Contemporary feminist views Conclusion: An incomparable childhood References Notes Index