Folk psychology and mental simulation

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 43:53-82 (1998)
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Abstract

This paper is about the contemporary debate concerning folk psychology – the debate between the proponents of the theory theory of folk psychology and the friends of the simulation alternative.1 At the outset, we need to ask: What should we mean by this term ‘folk psychology’?

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reprint Davies, Martin; Stone, Tony (1998) "Folk psychology and mental simulation". In O'Hear, Anthony, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 42, pp. 53-82: Cambridge University Press (1998)

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Persons and their underpinnings.Martin Davies - 2000 - Philosophical Explorations 3 (1):43-62.
Mental Simulation, Tacit Theory, and the Threat of Collapse.Tony Stone - 2001 - Philosophical Topics 29 (1-2):127-173.
Understanding other minds from the inside.Jane Heal - 1998 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 43:83–99.

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