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1 online resource (vii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part One : Mindreading and Simulation. Theory of Mind (2012) ; Mirror Neurons and the Simulation Theory of Mindreading (with Vittorio Gallese) (1998) ; Simulationist Models of Face-Based Emotion Recognition (with Chandra Sekhar Sripada) (2005) ; Mirroring, Mindreading, and Simulation (2008) ; Mindreading by Simulation : The Roles of Imagination and Mirroring (with Lucy Jordan) (forthcoming) ; The Psychology of Folk Psychology (1993) -- Part Two : Empathy and Embodied Cognition. Empathy, Mind, and Morals (1992) ; Two Routes to Empathy : Insights from Cognitive Neuroscience (2011) ; Is Social Cognition Embodied? (with Frederique de Vignemont) (2009) ; A Moderate Approach to Embodied Cognitive Science (2012) -- Part Three : The Metaphysics of Action. The Individuation of Action (1971) ; A Program for "Naturalizing" Metaphysics, with Application to the Ontology of Events (2007) ; Actions, Predictions, and Books of Life (1968). |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy of mind.
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Philosophy of mind. |
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Cognitive neuroscience.
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Cognitive neuroscience. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldman, Alvin I., 1938- Joint ventures. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199874187 (DLC) 2012036715 (OCoLC)816654052 |
| ISBN |
9780199891603 (electronic book) |
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0199891605 (electronic book) |
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9780199874187 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0199874182 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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