Against Theory of Mind

by Leudar, Ivan; Costall, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780230552739
• ISBN10: 0230552730
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The "theory of mind" framework has been the fastest growing body of empirical research in contemporary psychology. It has given rise to a range of positions on what it takes to relate to others as intentional beings. This book brings together disparate strands of ToM research, lays out historical roots of the idea, and indicates better alternatives.

Author Biography

IVAN LEUDAR is Professor of Analytical and Historical Psychology in the School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK. His published books include Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity and Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy.
 
ALAN COSTALL is Professor of Theoretical Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His work critically explores the implications of an "ecological approach" to the human sciences. He has edited and translated G.H Luquet's classic text on Children's Drawings and has co-edited Doing Things with Things: The Design and Use of Everyday Objects.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Against Theory of Mind

Leudar

and History On Historical Antecedents of Theory of Mind

Theory of Mind: The Madness Behind the Method; Costall

A Critical Commentary Continued

Applications Participants Dont Need Theories: Knowing Minds in Engagement

Specifying Interactional Markers of Schizophrenia in Clinical Consultations

The Roots of Mindblindness

Who Really Needs a Theory of Mind?

Do Animals Need a Theory of Mind?

Alternatives Closet Cartesianism in discursive psychology; Sharrock A Dialogical Approach in Psychology: An Alternative to the Dualism of ToM

Conclusion: ToM Rules, but it is not OK!

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