Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I What is acquired – theory-theory versus simulation-theory
- Part II Modes of acquisition – theorising, learning, and modularity
- Part III Failures of acquisition – explaining autism
- Part IV Wider perspectives – evolution and theory of mind
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I What is acquired – theory-theory versus simulation-theory
- Part II Modes of acquisition – theorising, learning, and modularity
- Part III Failures of acquisition – explaining autism
- Part IV Wider perspectives – evolution and theory of mind
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
In 1992 the Hang Seng Centre for Cognitive Studies was founded at the University of Sheffield, with generous funding from the Hang Seng Bank of Hong Kong. We decided that the best use that could be made of those funds would be to run a series of workshops on inter-disciplinary topics, building up to an international conference every two years, which would then form the basis for a publication. We chose theory of mind as our first topic – this being an obvious area in which there might be fruitful interaction between psychologists and philosophers – and sent out a number of invitations. Three weekend workshops were held in the academic year 1992/3, and two in 1993/4. The concluding conference was held at Earnshaw Hall, University of Sheffield, in July 1994.
This volume is much more than a set of conference papers, however. Almost all of the contributors attended one or more (often all) of the workshops, commenting on the work of others and/or contributing a paper themselves. Moreover, all of the conference contributors were asked to submit their papers two months in advance. These were then copied around the other contributors, and the editors gave detailed feedback and comments, both pre- and post-conference.
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- Theories of Theories of Mind , pp. xii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996