Theory of mind, logical form and eliminativism
Author:
John Collins
DOI:
10.1080/09515080020007616
Publication Frequency:
6 issues per year
Subjects:
Philosophy of Psychology;
Psychological Science;
Number of References: 52
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Abstract
I argue for a cognitive architecture in which folk psychology is supported by an interface of a ToM module and the language faculty, the latter providing the former with interpreted LF structures which form the content representations of ToM states. I show that LF structures satisfy a range of key features asked of contents. I confront this account of ToM with eliminativism and diagnose and combat the thought that "success" and innateness are inconsistent with the falsity of folk psychology. I show that, while my ensemble account of ToM and language refutes the culturalist presuppositions that tend to underlie eliminativist arguments, the falsity of folk psychology is consistent with the account.
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