Knowing Mental States: The Asymmetry of Psychological Prediction and Explanation

Consciousness: New Philosophical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 203-219

  Andrews, Kristin ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; evolutionary; hypothesis; Knowledge; Machiavellian

Indexed keywords

EID: 85198965531     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199241286.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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