It's in your nature: A pluralistic folk psychology

Synthese

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-29

  Andrews, Kristin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action theory; Animal cognition; Belief attribution; Chimpanzee mind; Developmental psychology; Explanation; Folk psychology; Prediction; Simulation theory; Social psychology; Theory of mind; Theory theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649149111     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-007-9230-5     Document Type: Article

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