An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of narratives. Established wisdom in cognitive science holds that the everyday folk psychological abilities of humans-our capacity to understand intentional actions performed for reasons-are inherited from our evolutionary forebears. In Folk Psychological Narratives, Daniel Hutto challenges this view (held in somewhat different forms by the two dominant approaches, "theory theory" and simulation theory) and argues for the sociocultural basis of this familiar ability. He makes a detailed case for the idea that the way we make sense of intentional actions essentially involves the construction of narratives about particular persons. Moreover he argues that children acquire this practical skill only by being exposed to and engaging in a distinctive kind of narrative practice. Hutto calls this developmental proposal the narrative practice hypothesis (NPH). Its core claim is that direct encounters with stories about persons who act for reasons (that is, folk psychological narratives) supply children with both the basic structure of folk psychology and the norm-governed possibilities for wielding it in practice. In making a strong case for the as yet underexamined idea that our understanding of reasons may be socioculturally grounded, Hutto not only advances and explicates the claims of the NPH, but he also challenges certain widely held assumptions. In this way, Folk Psychological Narratives both clears conceptual space around the dominant approaches for an alternative and offers a groundbreaking proposal. Bradford Books imprint

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Daniel D. Hutto

A Bradford Book

AAAI Press

United States, United States of America

Bradford book, Cambridge, Mass, ©2008

MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2008

2007

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<p>Established wisdom in cognitive science holds that the everyday folk psychological abilities of humans—our capacity to understand intentional actions performed for reasons—are inherited from our evolutionary forebears. In <i>Folk Psychological Narratives</i>,Daniel Hutto challenges this view (held in somewhat different forms by the two dominant approaches,"theory theory" and simulation theory) and argues for the sociocultural basis of this familiar ability. He makes a detailed case for the idea that the way we make sense of intentional actions essentially involves the construction of narratives about particular persons. Moreover he argues that children acquire this practical skill only by being exposed to and engaging in a distinctive kind of narrative practice. Hutto calls this developmental proposal the narrative practice hypothesis (NPH). Its core claim is that direct encounters with stories about persons who act for reasons (that is, folk psychological narratives) supply children with both the basic structure of folk psychology and the norm-governed possibilities for wielding it in practice. In making a strong case for the as yet underexamined idea that our understanding of reasons may be socioculturally grounded, Hutto not only advances and explicates the claims of the NPH, but he also challenges certain widely held assumptions. In this way, <i>Folk Psychological Narratives</i> both clears conceptual space around the dominant approaches for an alternative and offers a groundbreaking proposal.</p>

Cover 1
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication 2
Contents 8
Preface 10
Acknowledgments 20
Abbreviations 24
1. The Limits of Spectatorial Folk Psychology 28
2. The Narrative Practice Hypothesis 50
3. Intentional Attitudes 68
4. Imaginative Extensions 92
5. Linguistic Transformations 114
6. Unprincipled Embodied Engagements 128
7. Getting a Grip on the Attitudes 156
8. No Native Mentalizers 170
9. No Child’s Science 190
10. Three Motivations and a Challenge 206
11. First Communions 226
12. Ultimate Origins and Creation Myths 256
Notes 276
References 318
Index 356
Publisher:The MIT Press,Published:2012,ISBN:9780262275996,Related ISBN:9780262517980,Language:English,OCLC:182545424
An argument that challenges the dominant “theory theory” and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of narratives.

2022-03-08