Article
The Prior Question: Do Human Primates Have a Theory of Mind?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
(1998)
Abstract
Given Heyes's construal of “theory of mind,” there is still no convincing evidence of theory of mind in human primates, much less nonhuman. Rather than making unfounded assumptions about what underlies human social competence, one should ask what mechanisms other primates have and then inquire whether more sophisticated elaborations of those might not account for much of human competence.
Disciplines
Publication Date
February 1, 1998
DOI
10.1017/S0140525X98290704
Citation Information
Robert M. Gordon. "The Prior Question: Do Human Primates Have a Theory of Mind?" Behavioral and Brain Sciences Vol. 21 Iss. 1 (1998) p. 120 - 121 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-gordon/4/