ToM Rules, but it is not OK!

Authors

Daniel D. Hutto, University of Hertfordshire

RIS ID

80671

Publication Details

Hutto, D. D. (2009). ToM Rules, but it is not OK!. In I. Leudar and A. Costall (Eds.), Against Theory of Mind (pp. 221-238). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Additional Publication Information

ISBN: 9780230552739

Abstract

A distinctive part of our everyday adult way of making sense of one another involves making sense of actions performed for reasons, This practice, which has been the focus of intense scrutiny, frequently dons the somewhat unfortunate label 'Folk Psychology' (or FP) in the philosophical literature'. It travels under many other names too: common-sense psychology; naive psychology; Homo sapiens psychology; the person theory of humans; belief/ desire psychology - to name but a few.