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Being able to understand minds does not result from a conceptual shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Peter Mitchell*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, NottinghamNG7 2RD, United Kingdomhttp://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/plm/home.html

Abstract:

If anything, Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L's) target article could have gone even further in challenging the view that a radical conceptual shift equips children with a theory of mind. Also, the authors should have elaborated on why their social constructivist account is more plausible than nativism. Their argument against simulation theory is perhaps the least-developed part of their thesis, and does little service to their cause.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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