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Rich interactions and poor theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Orlando M. Lourenço*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Lisbon, 1649–013 Lisbon, Portugal
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Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L's) critique of traditional accounts of “theory of mind” is well taken, but the alternative theory they propose is premature at its best, unconvincing at its worst. The proposed theory is ad hoc and confirmatory in its findings; vague and generic in its claims; and unjustified and unnecessary in its (putative) novelty.

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