A puzzle about belief-ascription
By Pierre Jacob. In B. Kaldis (ed.)- Mind and Society: Cognitive Science Meets the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. SYNTHESE
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Reasoning about Instrumental and Communicative Agency in Human Infancy
By György Gergely & Pierre Jacob. Abstract: Theoretical rationality and practical rationality are, respectively, properties of an individual’s belief system
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On Doing Things Intentionally
By Florian Cova, Emmanuel Dupoux & Pierre Jacob. Abstract: Recent empirical and conceptual research has shown that moral considerations have an
What Is It like to Feel Another’s Pain?
By Frédérique de Vignemont & Pierre Jacob. Abstract: We offer an account of empathetic pain that preserves the distinctions among
Sharing and Ascribing Goals
By Pierre Jacob. Abstract: This paper assesses the scope and limits of a widely influential model of goal-ascription by human infants:
The direct-perception model of empathy: a critique
By Pierre Jacob. Abstract: This paper assesses the so-called “direct-perception” model of empathy. This model draws much of its inspiration from the
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Chomsky’s naturalism: its scope and limits
By Pierre Jacob. In Jean Bricmont & Julie Franck (eds.) Chomsky’s Notebook, Columbia University Press, pp.211-234, 2010.
Spatial coordinates and phenomenology in the two-visual systems model
By Pierre Jacob & Frédérique de Vignemont. In N. Gangopadhyay, M. Madary, and F. Spicer (Eds.), Perception, Action and Consciousness (pp. 125-144).
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The scope and limits of enactive approaches to visual experience
By Pierre Jacob. Abstract: I pursue here three related aims. First, I criticise some of the metaphysical claims made on behalf
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The tuning-fork model of human social cognition: A critique
By Pierre Jacob. Abstract: The tuning-fork model of human social cognition, based on the discovery of mirror neurons (MNs) in the ventral
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