Folk Psychology Re-Assessed

by Matthew M. Ratcliffe and Daniel D. Hutto

Book Overview

1.1. FOLK PSYCHOLOGY, THEORY OF MIND AND SIMULATION The tasks we face in our day to day social lives are quite heterogeneous but many of them make a common demand upon us. They require us to understand and interact with other people and, in most social encounters, we exhibit a special sensitivity to our fellow human beings that is quite different from the way we respond to inanimate objects and most other species of organism. Social life is dependent,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402055579
• ISBN13: 9781402055577
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"