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.

The full programme is available at: https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49983/#programme