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Seeing is not believing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Gergely Csibra
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council, Cognitive Development Unit, London WC1H 0BT, United Kingdom g.csibra@cdu.ucl.ac.uk cdu.ucl.ac.uk/gergely/home.htm
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Abstract

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Heyes's proposed study for testing whether chimpanzees have a theory of mind is (1) too strong because it requires that the animals apply mental concepts to the interpretation of both their own experiences and the behaviours of others, and (2) too weak because dispositional rather than representational understanding of “seeing” is sufficient to pass it.

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© 1998 Cambridge University Press