Journal | JoLMA
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Research Article | Understanding Others, Conceptual Know-How and Social World
Understanding Others, Conceptual Know-How and Social World
Abstract
In contemporary philosophy of mind, understanding others is often presented as an activity of attributing mental states to agents or mindreading – the central question being then how to access their minds. The paper argues that this pervasive approach should be rejected, in favour of the view along which identifying an action comes from exercising conceptual skills acquired through being inserted into shared practices characterizing a social world. Examining the conditions of their acquisition then sheds new light on the semantics of psychological concepts as well as on the roots of misunderstanding.
Submitted: Feb. 12, 2024 | Published Forthcoming | Language: en
Keywords Understanding • Wittgenstein • Intention • Anscombe • Commonsense Psychology • Know-How
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