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



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Autore: Morton Adam Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Importance of Being Understood [[electronic resource] ] : Folk Psychology as Ethics Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
Disciplina: 150/.1
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Soggetto topico: Communication-- Psychological aspects
Ethics
Ethnopsychology
Communication - Psychological aspects
Cooperativeness
Social psychology
Psychology
Social Sciences
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: The Importance of Being Understood  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-48430-5
1-280-14890-X
0-203-99493-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457619103321
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Serie: International Library of Philosophy