It’s in your nature: a pluralistic folk psychology
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It's in your nature: a pluralistic folk psychology
I suggest a pluralistic account of folk psychology according to which not all predictions or explanations rely on the attribution of mental states, and not all intentional actions are explained by mental states. This view of folk psychology is supported by research in developmental and social psychology. It is well known that people use personality traits to predict behavior. I argue that trait...
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عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0039-7857,1573-0964
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-007-9230-5