Dear All,
I'm interested to know how relevance theorists view the simulation
theory/theory theory debate in accounts of theory of mind. I don't know a
lot about either, but have a feeling (for which the evidence has faded) that
RT goes better with theory theory - perhaps because of the focus on
inferencing in theory theory. However, I've recently read the simulationist
Goldman's 'The Mentalizing Folk' in Sperber ed.'s Metarepresentations, and
find it convincing, particularly in my own context of working on an
explanation of the literary reading process. In fact Goldman says that
versions of the two theories are not incompatible anyway. Does anyone have
any thoughts on this?
With best wishes,
Barbara
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