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Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
Alvin I. Goldman
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Description for Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
Paperback. Series: Philosophy of Mind Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
People are minded creatures; we have thoughts, feelings and emotions. More intriguingly, we grasp our own mental states, and conduct the business of ascribing them to ourselves and others without instruction in formal psychology. How do we do this? And what are the dimensions of our grasp of the mental realm? In this book, Alvin I. Goldman explores these questions with the tools of philosophy, developmental psychology, social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. He refines an approach called simulation theory, which starts from the familiar idea that we understand others by putting ourselves in their mental shoes. Can this intuitive idea ... Read more
People are minded creatures; we have thoughts, feelings and emotions. More intriguingly, we grasp our own mental states, and conduct the business of ascribing them to ourselves and others without instruction in formal psychology. How do we do this? And what are the dimensions of our grasp of the mental realm? In this book, Alvin I. Goldman explores these questions with the tools of philosophy, developmental psychology, social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. He refines an approach called simulation theory, which starts from the familiar idea that we understand others by putting ourselves in their mental shoes. Can this intuitive idea ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Philosophy of Mind Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195369830
SKU
V9780195369830
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About Alvin I. Goldman
Alvin I. Goldman is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.
Reviews for Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
Stimulating Minds is a masterful defense of an important theory of mindreading, and landmark contribution to the philosophy of mind. It deserves a wide audience.
Philip Robbins MIND
Philip Robbins MIND