An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of inte

Established wisdom in cognitive science holds that the everyday folk psychological abilities of humans are inherited from our evolutionary forebears. Daniel Hut

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This is a truly groundbreaking work that examines today’s notions of folk psychology. Bringing together disciplines as various as cognitive science and anthro