On Direct Social Perception
Direct Social Perception (DSP) is the idea that we can non-inferentially perceive others’ mental states. In this paper, I argue that the...
Cognitive Empathy
We have various strategies available to us for understanding another person’s state of mind. Perspective taking may be achieved by mental...
Phenomenology of Social Cognition
Can phenomenological evidence play a decisive role in accepting or rejecting social cognition theories? Is it the case that a theory of...
Simulation Theory
There has been much philosophical and empirical work on the ST in the last decade or so, and as a result it is a flourishing theory. My...
Imagination Through Knowledge
Imagination seems to play an epistemic role in philosophical and scientific thought experiments, mindreading, and ordinary practical...
On Whether We Can See Intentions
Theorists from various fields argue that we can see others’ mental states, i.e., that we perceive others’ mental states with the same...