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Speaking of beliefs: Reporting or constituting mental entities?

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Commentary onAlisonCopnik (1993) How we know our minds: The illusion of first-person knowledge of intentionality. BBS 16:1–14.
Commentary onAlvin I.Goldman (1993) The psychology of folk psychology. BBS 16:15–28.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Werner Greve and
Axel Buchner
Werner Greve
Affiliation:
Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachen e. v., Lützerodestrasse 9, 3061 Hannover, Germany. eberhard.mecklenburg@kfn-verein.uni-hannover.d400.de
Axel Buchner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Trier, P.O. Box 3825, D-54286 Trier, Germany. buchner@cogpsy.uni-trier.de
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Abstract

Gopnik's argument that instead of having privileged access we must develop a theory about our minds is criticized. First, the theory metaphor is too vague, and scientific concepts of what a theory is are left unexploited. Second, the studies Gopnik interprets as showing that children must develop a theory about their mental states are also compatible with the view that children have to develop these states.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 1995, pp. 391 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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