Dar forma a la mente
ISSN: 0212-8365, 2253-900X
Year of publication: 2015
Issue: 51
Pages: 433-442
Type: Article
More publications in: Thémata: Revista de filosofía
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to expound and critically analyse TadeuszZawidzki's book Mindshaping. The book presents an alternative account of social cognition according to which the linchpin of our sociocognitive capacities is the psychological mechanism known as mindreading. On the contrary, the book defends that certain psychological mechanisms shape our minds in order to make our behaviour more cooperative and easily interpretable. Therefore, unique human social capacities depend evolutionarily on mindshaping mechanisms.
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