The Paradox of False Belief Understanding : : The Role of Cognitive and Situational Factors for the Development of Social Cognition /

The Paradox of False Belief Understanding : : The Role of Cognitive and Situational Factors for the Development of Social Cognition / / Julia Wolf.

Our ability to understand others is one of the most central parts of human life, but explaining how this ability develops remains a controversial issue, exercising psychologists and philosophers alike. Within this literature the Paradox of False Belief Understanding remains one of the main open chal...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Wolf, Julia,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind , 50
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 152 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Acronyms
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Significance of the False Belief Task
  • 2 The False Belief Task – A Developmental Sketch of the Paradox of False Belief Understanding
  • 3 Theories of Mindreading – The Role of Cognitive and Situational Factors in Belief Understanding
  • 4 Situational Mental File Account
  • 5 Finding a Point of View: Vicarious Mental Files and Perspective Taking
  • 6 Pretend Play and Its Importance for Mindreading
  • Conclusions and Outlook
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index

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