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The mechanics of other minds | Philip Ball

Philosophy For Our Times

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The Psychology of the Human Mind

Psychologists call it a theory of mind, that is not a theory about what a mind is. It supplies the basis for our intuitive psychology which recognizes other people as agents with minds and intent s and goals of their own. So i suggest that here we've got some sort of schomatic outline for thinking more generally about what minds could be at least the other evolved minds that we know about,. like the minds of animals.

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