Joint Ventures: Mindreading, Mirroring, and Embodied Cognition

by Alvin I. Goldman

Book Overview

What distinguishes humankind from other species? A leading candidate is our facility at mutual understanding ("theory of mind"), our ability to ascribe thoughts, desires, and feelings to one another. How do we do this? Folk-wisdom says, "By empathy--we put ourselves in other people's shoes." In the last few decades this idea has moved from folk-wisdom to philosophical conjecture to serious scientific theory.

This volume collects essays by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190869569
• ISBN13: 9780190869564
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"