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A few reasons why we don't share Tomasello et al.'s intuitions about sharing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

György Gergely*
Affiliation:
Institute for Psychological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1132Budapest, Hungary
Gergely Csibra*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Birkbeck College, LondonWC1E 7HX, United Kingdomhttp://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/people/gergo/

Abstract

Tomasello et al.'s two prerequisites, we argue, are not sufficient to explain the emergence of Joint Collaboration. An adequate account must include the human-specific capacity to communicate relevant information (that may have initially evolved to ensure efficient cultural learning). This, together with understanding intentional actions, does provide sufficient preconditions for Joint Collaboration without the need to postulate a primary human motive to share others' psychological states.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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