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| Title: | Empathy and Theory of Mind and body in evolution. |
| Authors: | Martinovski, Bilyana |
| Editors: | Alhsen, Elisabeth |
| Department: | University of Borås. School of Business and IT |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2007 |
| Citation: | Communication, Action, Meaning. A Festschrift to Jens Allwood |
| Pages: | 343-361 |
| Publisher: | Department of Linguistics, Gothenburg University |
| Media type: | text |
| Publication type: | article, peer reviewed scientific |
| Keywords: | emotion
theory of mind
cognitive science
pragmatics
empathy |
| Subject Category: | Subject categories::Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Psychology::Human Computer Interaction |
| Area of Research: | cognitive science and pragmatics |
| Strategic Research Area: | Business and IT |
| Abstract: | Three mutually exclusive theoretical explanations have been proposed to describe how
Theory of Mind processes work, namely by imitation, by simulation or by representation.
This paper claims that all three theories are correct and that the realization of empathy
in discourse is a good source of evidence for that. Instead of being three exclusive
theories these are three compatible mechanisms, which reflect different stages of
cognitive evolution. Furthermore, the somatic and emotive bias of cognition, the
complexity of Theory of Mind processes and the fundamental role empathy plays in
interaction altogether point to a new metaphor of communication, namely
communication as a caress. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2320/10058 |
| Sustainable development: | sustainable development |
| Appears in Collections: | Artiklar och rapporter / Articles and reports (Informatics)
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