Mental Simulation
Evaluations and Applications - Reading in Mind and Language
1st Edition
Published on 21. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-631-19873-4 (ISBN)
Description
Many 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19873-4 (9780631198734)
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Persons
Martin Davies is Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy in the University of Oxford and a Fellow od Chorpus Christi College. He was formerly a Lecturer and then Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London. He has published widely in the areas of philosophy of language, mind and psychology, and from 1989 to 1995 was the Executive Editor of the journal Mind and Language (Blackwell Publishers). Tony Stone is Head of the Psychology Group and Director of the Modular Programme at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester. He has published papers on the philosophy of psychology, and is currently working on a book on the philosophical issues raised by cognitive neuropsychology.
Content
List 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
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