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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825397803321

Autore

Hutto Daniel D

Titolo

Folk psychological narratives : the sociocultural basis of understanding reasons / / Daniel D. Hutto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-09913-2

9786612099137

0-262-27599-6

1-4356-0908-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Disciplina

150.1

Soggetti

Attribution (Social psychology)

Cognition

Cognition in children

Social perception in children

Philosophy of mind

Social psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 n.