The Unfolding World: Causal & physical cognition in humans and other animals

This event is currently open for registration. Registration closes 23 April, 09:00. About this event Many animals and human infants possess a remarkable ‘intuitive physics’, yet its nature and origins remain a puzzle. Debates centre on whether this causal understanding is innate or learned, and if it constitutes a sophisticated ability to reason about unobservable causes like ‘force’ or is simply a method for tracking observable events. This workshop tackles these core issues, exploring how different species come to understand the physical world. We will examine the development of physical cognition in humans and its diverse manifestations across the animal kingdom. By bringing together experts from animal cognition, developmental psychology, computational modelling, and philosophy, we aim