Rethinking Commonsense Psychology: A Critique of Folk Psychology, Theory of Mind and Simulation
Matthew Ratcliffe
282 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0230007104
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Language: English
Publish: November 8, 2006
This book offers arguments against the view that interpersonal understanding involves a ‘folk’ or ‘commonsense’ psychology, a view which Ratcliffe suggests is a theoretically motivated abstraction. His alternative account draws on phenomenology, neuroscience and developmental psychology, exploring patterned interactions in shared social situations.