Carruthers' marvelous magical mindreading machine

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (2):152-152 (2009)
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Carruthers presents an interesting analysis of confabulation and a clear attack on introspection. Yet his theory-based alternative is a mechanistic view of which neglects the fact that social understanding occurs within a network of social relationships. In particular, the role of language in his model is too simple

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