The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity

by Zlatev, Jordan; Racine, Timothy P.; Sinha, Christopher; Itkonen, Esa

• ISBN13: 9789027239006
• ISBN10: 9027239002
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

Summary

"The Shared Mind challenges the conventional "theory of mind" approach, proposing that the human mind is fundamentally based on intersubjectivity: the sharing of affective, conative, intentional and cognitive states and processes between a plurality of subjects. The socially shared, intersubjective foundation of the human mind is manifest in the structure of early interaction and communication, imitation, gestural communication and the normative and argumentative nature of language. In this volume, leading researchers from psychology, linguistics, philosophy and primatology offer complementary perspectives on the role of intersubjectivity in the context of human development, comparative cognition and evolution, and language and linguistic theory."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Shared minds and the science of fiction: Why theories will differ
Intersubjectivity: What makes us human?	p. 1
Development
Understanding others through primary interaction and narrative practice	p. 17
The neuroscience of social understanding	p. 39
Engaging, sharing, knowing: Some lessons from research in autism	p. 67
Coming to agreement: Object use by infants and adults	p. 89
The role of intersubjectivity in the development of intentional communication	p. 115
Sharing mental states: Causal and definitional issues in intersubjectivity	p. 141
Evolution
What is the nature of the gestural communication of great apes?	p. 165
The heterochronic origins of explicit reference	p. 187
The co-evolution of intersubjectivity and bodily mimesis	p. 215
First communions: Mimetic sharing without theory of mind	p. 245
Language
The central role of normativity in language and linguistics	p. 279
Intersubjectivity and the architecture of the language system	p. 307
Intersubjectivity in interpreted interactions: The interpreters role in co-constructing meaning	p. 333
Language and the signifying object: From convention to imagination	p. 357
Author index	p. 379
Subject index	p. 383
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