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Implications of pretend play for Theory of Mind research
Research on the development of Theory of Mind has often focused predominantly on belief attribution, but recently moves have been made to include...
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Theory of Mind in Artificial Intelligence Applications
Theory of Mind refers to the ability to understand and predict other people’s thoughts, emotions, and intentions, and is essential for successful...
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Minimal theory of mind – a Millikanian Approach
Minimal theory of mind (ToM) is presented in the theory of mind literature as a middle ground between full-blown ToM and mere behavior-reading....
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Blocking Kripke’s Argument Against the Type-Identity Theory of Mind
In this paper, I present a two-pronged argument devoted to defending the type-identity theory of mind against the argument presented by Kripke in Namin...
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The Theory of Mind Under Scrutiny Psychopathology, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind and Artificial Intelligence
This book is a call to expand and diversify our approach to the study of the human mind in relation to the Theory of Mind. It proposes that it is...
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Theory of Mind and Reading
Reading comprehension is the product of a complex set of processes and components (i.e., reader’s skills and knowledge). Among them, Theory of Mind...
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Mind Is a Form of Animal Life: The Essential Embodiment Theory Now
In this chapter, I do four things. First, I briefly and compactly re-present and re-motivate what Michelle Maiese and I, in (Hanna R, Maiese M,...
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What Neurohacking Can Tell Us About the Mind: Cybercrime, Mind Upload and the Artificial Extended Mind
In this chapter we seek to cross some elements of the philosophy of mind, namely, the myth of mind uploading and a certain perspective on the...
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Cultural Model Theory: Culture, Mind, and Knowledge
In this chapter, I explore three fundamental issues related to the investigation of culture as a mental phenomenon. The first issue is a short survey...
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Study of the Theory of Mind (ToM) Through the Japanese Philosophy
The main aim of this chapter is to connect the Theory of Mind (ToM) with the Japanese philosophy so that the first thing we have to do is to provide...
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Forming One Body with All Things: Organicism and the Pursuit of an Embodied Theory of Mind
This article uses the Confucian and Neo-Confucian slogan that we should strive to “form one body with all things” as a starting point for asking...
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An Introduction to Theory of Mind: Fundamental Concepts and Issues
Theory of Mind (ToM) is a construct that reflects people’s ability to understand the mental states of others. In our daily lives, we continuously...
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Philosophy of Mind: Mind-Body Identity and Eliminative Materialism
A critical outline is given of Rorty’s early, “eliminativist” attempt to formulate a materialist version of the mind-body identity theory that does...
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Quantum Mind: Part 2
This chapter continues exploration into quantum theory. I start with Whitehead’s view of quantum and relate it to Hameroff and Penrose’s orchestrated...
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The Social Machine: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Approaches to Theory of Mind
The ability to infer cognitive states is essential for the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into society. This chapter aims to present...
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Theory of Mind in Autism: From a Primary Deficit to Just Mutual Misunderstanding?
The theory-of-mind account of autism has been central to cognitive research in the field for nearly 40 years. It initially proposed that the...
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Life-mind continuity: untangling categorical, extensional, and systematic aspects
In this paper, I argue that current attempts at classifying life–mind continuity (LMC) feature several important ambiguities. We can resolve these...
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Challenges of the Technological Mind Between Philosophy and Technology
This book presents a set of texts that reflect different approaches to the relationship between mind and technology. In today’s increasingly...
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Mind embedded or extended: transhumanist and posthumanist reflections in support of the extended mind thesis
The goal of this paper is to encourage participants in the debate about the locus of cognition (e.g., extended mind vs embedded mind) to turn their...
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Neurorights, Mental Privacy, and Mind Reading
A pressing worry in the ongoing neurorights debate is the language used to advocate for newly proposed rights. This paper addresses this concern by...