Folk Psychological Narratives : The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons.
Title:
Folk Psychological Narratives : The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons.
Author:
Hutto, Daniel D.
ISBN:
9780262275996
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (371 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Limits of Spectatorial Folk Psychology -- 2 The Narrative Practice Hypothesis -- 3 Intentional Attitudes -- 4 Imaginative Extensions -- 5 Linguistic Transformations -- 6 Unprincipled Embodied Engagements -- 7 Getting a Grip on the Attitudes -- 8 No Native Mentalizers -- 9 No Child's Science -- 10 Three Motivations and a Challenge -- 11 First Communions -- 12 Ultimate Origins and Creation Myths -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of narratives.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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