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Joint ventures : mindreading, mirroring, and embodied cognition /

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 ourselve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldman, Alvin I., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 Alvin Goldman, many of which have played a major role in crystallizing this ""simulation, "" or ""empathizing, "" account of mindreading and showing how.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 344 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780199891603
0199891605
9780190267674
0190267674