Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-8r8nv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-09T23:22:18.090Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Being able to understand minds does not result from a conceptual shift

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Peter Mitchell*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/plm/home.html
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract:

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

If anything, Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L's) target article could have gone even further in challenging the view that a radical conceptual shift equips children with a theory of mind. Also, the authors should have elaborated on why their social constructivist account is more plausible than nativism. Their argument against simulation theory is perhaps the least-developed part of their thesis, and does little service to their cause.

Information

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004