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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457619103321

Autore

Morton Adam

Titolo

The Importance of Being Understood [[electronic resource] ] : Folk Psychology as Ethics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

1-134-48430-5

1-280-14890-X

0-203-99493-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

International Library of Philosophy

Disciplina

150/.1

170

Soggetti

Communication-- Psychological aspects

Ethics

Ethnopsychology

Communication - Psychological aspects

Cooperativeness

Social psychology

Psychology

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Foreword; Chapter 1 Microethics; Chapter 2 Motives and virtues; Chapter 3 Belief and coordination; Chapter 4 Explanatory contrast and causal depth; Chapter 5 Learning to simulate; Summary; Exploration I Attribution biases and the statistics of cooperation; Exploration II Interspection and expression; Exploration III Ethos; Exploration IV Moral progress; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Importance of Being Understood is an innovative and thought-provoking exploration of the links between the way we think about each other's mental states and the fundamentally cooperative nature of everyday life.Adam Morton begins with a consideration of 'folk psychology', the tendency to attribute emotions, desires, beliefs and



thoughts to human minds. He takes the view that it is precisely this tendency that enables us to understand, predict and explain the actions of others, which in turn helps us to decide on our own course of action. This reflection suggests, claims Mor