Joint Ventures: Mindreading, Mirroring, and Embodied Cognition Format:Paperback Imagine Special Counsel Robert Mueller

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A pure delight for Johnson's many fans and a splendid example of his trademark blend of illustrative myth and psychological insight

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ISBN-13: 9780271058122

Joint Ventures: Mindreading, Mirroring, and Embodied Cognition Format:Paperback Imagine Special Counsel Robert MuellerWhat distinguishes humankind from other species? A leading candidate is our facility at mutual understanding ("theory of mind"), our ability to ascribe thoughts, desires, and feelings to one another. How do we do this? Folk wisdom says, "By empathy we put ourselves in other people's shoes." In the last few decades this idea has moved from folk wisdom to philosophical conjecture to serious scientific theory. This volume collects essays by Alvin