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On the public nature of communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

David A. Leavens
David A. Leavens
Affiliation:
Psychology Group, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex BN1 9QH, United [email protected] http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/davidl/
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Abstract

Comparative and developmental psychology are engaged in a search for the evolutionary and developmental origins of the perceptions of “intentions” and “desires,” and of epistemic states such as “ignorance” and “false belief.” Shanker & King (S&K) remind us that these are merely words to describe public events: All organisms that can discriminate states of “knowledge” in others have learned to do this through observation of publicly available information.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 631 - 632
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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