Enactive and Behavioral Abstraction Accounts of Social Understanding in Chimpanzees, Infants, and Adults

Authors

Shaun Gallagher, University of MemphisFollow
Daniel J. Povinelli, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Publication Title

Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Recommended Citation

Gallagher, S., & Povinelli, D. (2012). Enactive and Behavioral Abstraction Accounts of Social Understanding in Chimpanzees, Infants, and Adults. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 3 (1), 145-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-012-0093-4