{"product_id":"mental-simulation-isbn-9780631198734","title":"Mental Simulation","description":"Many philosophers and psychologists argue that out everyday ability to predict and explain the actions and mental states of others is grounded in out possession of a primitive 'folk' psychological theory. Recently however, this \u003ci\u003etheory\u003c\/i\u003e has come under challenge from the \u003ci\u003esimulation alternative.\u003c\/i\u003e This alternative view says that human beings are able to predict and explain each other's actions by using the resources of their own minds to simulate the psychological aetiology of the actions of the others.  \u003cp\u003eThis book and the companion volume Folk Psychology: The Theory of Mind Debate together offer a richly woven fabric of philosophical and psychological theory, which promises to yield real insights into the nature of our mental lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Stone and Martin Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Simulation and Psychological Concepts 19\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eGary Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. How to Think about Thinking 33            \u003cbr\u003e Jane Heal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Simulation Without Introspection of Interference from Me to You 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert M. Gordon 53\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Theories of the Mind in Collision: Plausibility and Authority 68 \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman H. Freeman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Second Thoughts on Simulation 87\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Stich and Shaun Nichols\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A Theory of the Child's Theory of Mind 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerry A. Foder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Knowledge and Ability in\"Theory of Mind\": One-eyed Overview of a Debate 123             \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan M. Leslie and Tim P. German\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Imagination and Simulation: Aesthetics Meets Cognitive Science 151   \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory Currie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Imagining and Pretending 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul L. Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Empathy, Mind, and Morals 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlvin I. Goldman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Self-knowledge, Error and Disorder 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDerek Bolton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Game Theory and Knowledge by Simulation 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam Morton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Simulative Reasoning, Common-sense Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn A. Barnden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMartin Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy in the University of Oxford and a Fellow od Chorpus Christi College. He was formerly a Lecturer and then Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London. He has published widely in the areas of philosophy of language, mind and psychology, and from 1989 to 1995 was the Executive Editor of the journal Mind and Language (Blackwell Publishers). \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eTony Stone\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the Psychology Group and Director of the Modular Programme at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester. He has published papers on the philosophy of psychology, and is currently working on a book on the philosophical issues raised by cognitive neuropsychology.\u003c\/p\u003e  Many philosophers and psychologists argue that out everyday ability to predict and explain the actions and mental states of others is grounded in out possession of a primitive 'folk' psychological theory. 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