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ISBN: | 9780199891603 0199891605 9780190267674 0190267674 9780199874187 0199874182
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary platform, viewed December 19, 2013).
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Summary: | What distinguishes humankind from other species? A leading candidate is our facility at mutual understanding (""theory of mind""), our ability to ascribe thoughts, desires, and feelings to one another. How do we do this? Folk-wisdom says, ""By empathy -- we put ourselves in other people's shoes"". In the last few decades this idea has moved from folk-wisdom to philosophical conjecture to serious scientific theory. This volume collects essays by Alvin Goldman, many of which have played a major role in crystallizing this ""simulation, "" or ""empathizing, "" account of mindreading and showing how.
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Other form: | Print version: Goldman, Alvin I., 1938- Joint ventures. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199874187
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