Enactive and behavioral abstraction accounts of social understanding in chimpanzees, infants, and adults

Authors

Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis
Daniel J. Povinelli, University of Louisiana

RIS ID

89075

Publication Details

Gallagher, S. and Povinelli, D. J. 2012, 'Enactive and behavioral abstraction accounts of social understanding in chimpanzees, infants, and adults', Review of Philosophy and Psychology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 145-169.

Abstract

We argue against theory-of-mind interpretation of recent false-belief experiments with young infants and explore two other interpretations: enactive and behavioral abstraction approaches. We then discuss the differences between these alternatives.