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The Limits of Mindreading

Erneling, Christina LU (2010) In Philosophy of the Social Sciences 40(1). p.172-177
Abstract
Contemporary cognitive psychology is dominated by an individualistic and mentalistic approach to the mind. This Cartesian heritage is evident in studies of social understanding, that is, how we understand others. It is argued that this approach and metaphors like reading minds have failed, and should be replaced with a discursive approach, where public and shared socio-linguistic intenand normative activities order and shape individual mental activities.
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published
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keywords
discursive psychology, social understanding, mindblindness, mindreading, Descartes, other minds, cognitive science
in
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
volume
40
issue
1
pages
172 - 177
publisher
SAGE Publications
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  • wos:000274917000008
  • scopus:77649241498
ISSN
0048-3931
DOI
10.1177/0048393109352780
language
English
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yes
additional info
Reviewed Work(s): Other Minds: How Humans Bridge the Divide between Self and Others. (by Malle, Bertam F. & Hodges, S.)
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