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Skill-based engagement with a rich landscape of affordances as an alternative to thinking through other minds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

Julian Kiverstein Open the ORCID record for Julian Kiverstein [Opens in a new window]  and
Erik Rietveld Open the ORCID record for Erik Rietveld [Opens in a new window]
Julian Kiverstein
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Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.d.kiverstein@amsterdamumc.uva.nl  d.w.rietveld@amc.uva.nl Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Erik Rietveld
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.d.kiverstein@amsterdamumc.uva.nl  d.w.rietveld@amc.uva.nl Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Veissière and colleagues make a valiant attempt at reconciling an internalist account of implicit cultural learning with an externalist account that understands social behaviour in terms of its environment-involving dynamics. However, unfortunately the author's attempt to forge a middle way between internalism and externalism fails. We argue their failure stems from the overly individualistic understanding of the perception of cultural affordances they propose.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e106
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