In this provocative monograph, Bertram Malle describes behavior explanations as having a
dual nature—as being both cognitive and social acts—and proposes a comprehensive …

How much easier it is to do psychology than philosophy! If I had to provide philosophical
arguments for the unique modes of explanation that intentional action demands, I would …

The ideas that found expression here were first inspired by Jerry Bruner's magnificent book
Acts of Meaning and a seminar held by Fred Dretske and Michael Bratman at Stanford …

Within the past ten years, the discussion of the nature of folk psychology and its role in
explaining behavior and thought has become central to the philosophy of mind. However, no …

The ability to represent, conceptualize, and reason about mental states is one of the greatest
achievements of human evolution. Having an appreciation for the workings of the mind is …

I take folk psychology to be the basis—whatever it is—of our ability to describe, interpret, and
predict each other by attributing beliefs, desires, hopes, feelings, and other familiar mental …

I suggest a pluralistic account of folk psychology according to which not all predictions or
explanations rely on the attribution of mental states, and not all intentional actions are …

Many philosophers and psychologists argue that normal adult human beings possess a
primitive or'folk'psychological theory. Recently, however, this theory has come under …

The assumption that people understand each other by employing a 'commonsense'or
'folk'psychology is currently pervasive in philosophy of mind, cognitive science and various …

An argument that as folk psychologists humans (and perhaps other animals) don't so much
read minds as see one another as persons with traits, emotions, and social relations. By …