Description
Book SynopsisMany philosophers and psychologists argue that out everyday ability to predict and explain the actions and mental states of others is grounded in out possession of a primitive ''folk'' psychological theory. Recently however, this
theory has come under challenge from the
simulation alternative. This alternative view says that human beings are able to predict and explain each other''s actions by using the resources of their own minds to simulate the psychological aetiology of the actions of the others.
This book and the companion volume Folk Psychology: The Theory of Mind Debate together offer a richly woven fabric of philosophical and psychological theory, which promises to yield real insights into the nature of our mental lives.
Table of ContentsList of contributors vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Tony Stone and Martin Davies
1. Simulation and Psychological Concepts 19
Gary Fuller
2. How to Think about Thinking 33
Jane Heal
3. Simulation Without Introspection of Interference from Me to You 53
Robert M. Gordon 53
4. Theories of the Mind in Collision: Plausibility and Authority 68
Norman H. Freeman
5. Second Thoughts on Simulation 87
Stephen Stich and Shaun Nichols
6. A Theory of the Child's Theory of Mind 109
Jerry A. Foder
7. Knowledge and Ability in"Theory of Mind": One-eyed Overview of a Debate 123
Alan M. Leslie and Tim P. German
8. Imagination and Simulation: Aesthetics Meets Cognitive Science 151
Gregory Currie
9. Imagining and Pretending 170
Paul L. Harris
10. Empathy, Mind, and Morals 185
Alvin I. Goldman
11. Self-knowledge, Error and Disorder 209
Derek Bolton
12. Game Theory and Knowledge by Simulation 235
Adam Morton
13. Simulative Reasoning, Common-sense Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence 247
John A. Barnden
Author Index 273
Subject Index 279
