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Understanding Other Minds Simon Baron-Cohen

Understanding Other Minds von Simon Baron-Cohen

Understanding Other Minds Simon Baron-Cohen


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Zusammenfassung

An examination of the controversial theory of mind hypothesis, which states that children with autism are unable to comprehend other people's mental states. The theory relates to the most fundamental questions of normal development as well as to autism itself.

Understanding Other Minds Zusammenfassung

Understanding Other Minds Simon Baron-Cohen

This book focuses on a recent, important psychological theory of autism, the `theory of mind' hypothesis, which states that children with autism are unable to comprehend other people's mental states. A very controversial subject which relates to the most fundamental questions of normal developmental as well as autism itself. This book is intended for third-year undergraduates in developmental psychology, child psychiatrists, philosophers of mind, cognitive psychologists.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction; An introduction to the debate; Early understanding of the mind: the normal case; Social development in autism: historical and clinical perspectives; Part II: The theory-of-mind hypothesis of autism: the cognitive approach; From attention-goal psychology to belief-desire psychology: the development of a theory of mind, and its dysfunction; What autism teaches us about metarepresentation; The theory-of-mind deficit in autism: rethinking the metarepresentation theory; What language reveals about the understanding of minds in children with autism; The theory-of-mind deficit in autism: evidence from deception; Part III: The theory-of-mind hypothesis of autism: critical perspectives; The theory-of-mind and joint-attention deficits in autism; Understanding persons: the role of affect; Pretending and planning; Narrative language in autism and the theory-of-mind hypothesis: a wider perspective; Theories of mind and the problem of autism; The complexity of social behaviour in autism; The development of individuals with autism: implications for the theory-of-mind hypothesis; Part IV: Wider perspectives; The role of imitation in understanding persons and developing a theory of mind; Evolving a theory of mind: the nature of non-verbal mentalism in other primates; The comparative study of early communication and theories of mind: ontogeny, phylogeny, and pathology; Autism and the theory of mind: some philosophical perspectives; Desire and fantasy: a psychoanalytic perspective on the theory of mind and autism; The theory-of-mind deficit in autism: some questions for teaching and diagnosis; The place of this book in autism research.

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GOR004138504
9780192620569
0192620568
Understanding Other Minds Simon Baron-Cohen
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Oxford University Press
19941101
528
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