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How We Understand Others: Philosophy and Social Cognition book cover

1st Edition

How We Understand Others Philosophy and Social Cognition

By Shannon Spaulding Copyright 2018
116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge
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In our everyday social interactions, we try to make sense of what people are thinking, why they act as they do, and what they are likely to do next. This process is called mindreading. Mindreading, Shannon Spaulding argues in this book, is central to our ability to understand and interact with others. Philosophers and cognitive scientists have converged on the idea that mindreading involves... Read more

1. Introduction

2. In Defense of Mindreading

3. Expanding the Scope of Mindreading

4. The Goals of Mindreading

5. Model Theory

6. Epistemic and Ethical Applications

7. Concluding Thoughts.

Index

Biography

Shannon Spaulding is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University, USA.

"Shannon Spaulding has written a short, accessible, intriguing book about mindreading. … Those familiar with Spaulding's work will be unsurprised that throughout the book she displays mastery of the relevant literatures, philosophical and empirical, that her discussion is crisp, and that her ideas are interesting. This book would serve well in an upper-level philosophy course that covers social cognition. Given the close interplay between philosophers and psychologists in this area I think it would be an excellent choice for psychology or cognitive science courses as well." - Joshua Shepherd, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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