A commentary on theory of mind

Frontiers in Psychology

Marilyn Shatz¹ 

关键词: mind-reading;    behavior-reading;    children;    animals;    modularity of mind;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01560

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

As scientists, we must consider the most economical, reasonable explanations for behavior. Possibly, a minimal TOM, e.g., behavior-reading as clues to intention (Butterfill and Apperly, 2013), could have accounted for her comment. Because I was driving and directing my gaze elsewhere while she sat quietly, she probably knew that I lacked perceptual information about her. (Behavior-reading handles well the findings on animal “mindreading,” Lurz, 2011). However, comments about mindreading from competent language users like her may exemplify more, namely, thinking about mind. Possibly she held “the doctrine of opacity of others' minds,” the belief that it is near impossible to know what another is thinking (Robbins and Rumsey, 2008).

【 授权许可】

CC BY