Theories of Theories of Mind

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511597985

Theories of Theories of Mind brings together contributions by a distinguished international team of philosophers, psychologists, and primatologists, who between them address such questions as: what is it to understand the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of other people? How does such an understanding develop in the normal child? Why, unusually, does it fail to develop? And is any such mentalistic understanding shared by members of other species? The volume's four parts together offer a state of the art survey of the major topics in the theory-theory/simulationism debate within philosophy of mind, developmental psychology, the aetiology of autism and primatology. The volume will be of great interest to researchers and students in all areas interested in the 'theory of mind' debate.

"Theories of Theories of Mind is an excellent collection of papers and will be of interest to cognitive scientists, philosophers and ethologists." Brian Jonathan Garrett, Philosphy in Review

"The contributions are generally of high quality, produced by some of the most active and productive researchers in the fields covered by the collection." Dialogue

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-ix
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List of contributors
pp x-xi
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Preface
pp xii-xiv
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-8
- By Peter Carruthers, University of Sheffield, Peter K. Smith, University of Sheffield
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Part I - What is acquired – theory-theory versus simulation-theory
pp 9-10
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2 - ‘Radical’ simulationism
pp 11-21
- By Robert M. Gordon, University of Missouri St Louis
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3 - Simulation and self-knowledge: a defence of theory-theory
pp 22-38
- By Peter Carruthers, University of Sheffield
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4 - Varieties of off-line simulation
pp 39-74
- By Shaun Nichols, College of Charleston, Stephen Stich, Rutgers University, Alan Leslie, Rutgers University, David Klein, Wall Street, New York
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5 - Simulation, theory, and content
pp 75-89
- By Jane Heal, St John's College, Cambridge
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6 - Simulation as explicitation of predication-implicit knowledge about the mind: arguments for a simulation-theory mix
pp 90-104
- By Josef Perner, Universitaet Salzburg
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7 - Folk psychology and theoretical status
pp 105-118
- By George Botterill, University of Sheffield
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8 - The mental simulation debate: a progress report
pp 119-138
- By Tony Stone, King Alfred's College of HE, Martin Davies, University of Oxford
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Part II - Modes of acquisition – theorising, learning, and modularity
pp 139-140
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9 - The modularity of theory of mind
pp 141-157
- By Gabriel Segal, King's College London
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10 - The relationship between SAM and ToMM: two hypotheses
pp 158-168
- By Simon Baron-Cohen, University of Cambridge, John Swettenham, University of Cambridge
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11 - Theories and modules: creation myths, developmental realities, and Neurath's boat
pp 169-183
- By Alison Gopnik, University of California at Berkeley
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12 - What is theoretical about the child's theory of mind?: a Vygotskian view of its development
pp 184-199
- By Janet Astington, University of Toronto
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13 - Desires, beliefs, and language
pp 200-220
- By Paul Harris, University of Oxford
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Part III - Failures of acquisition – explaining autism
pp 221-222
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14 - What could possibly explain autism?
pp 223-241
- By Jill Boucher, University of Sheffield
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15 - Simulation-theory, theory-theory, and the evidence from autism
pp 242-256
- By Gregory Currie, Flinders University of South Australia
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16 - Autism as mind-blindness: an elaboration and partial defence
pp 257-274
- By Peter Carruthers, University of Sheffield
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Part IV - Wider perspectives – evolution and theory of mind
pp 275-276
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17 - When does smart behaviour-reading become mind-reading?
pp 277-292
- By Andrew Whiten, University of St Andrews
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18 - Chimpanzee theory of mind?: the long road to strong inference
pp 293-329
- By Daniel Povinelli, New Iberia Research Center
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19 - Non-human primate theories of (non-human primate) minds: some issues concerning the origins of mind-reading
pp 330-343
- By Juan-Carlos Gómez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
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20 - Language and the evolution of mind-reading
pp 344-354
- By Peter K. Smith, University of Sheffield
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References
pp 355-380
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Author index
pp 381-386
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