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Autore |
Morton Adam |
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Titolo |
The Importance of Being Understood [[electronic resource] ] : Folk Psychology as Ethics |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-48430-5 |
1-280-14890-X |
0-203-99493-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Collana |
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International Library of Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communication-- Psychological aspects |
Ethics |
Ethnopsychology |
Communication - Psychological aspects |
Cooperativeness |
Social psychology |
Psychology |
Social Sciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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