Behavioral Circumscription and the Folk Psychology of Belief: A Study in Ethno‐Mentalizing | Zendy

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Behavioral Circumscription and the Folk Psychology of Belief: A Study in Ethno‐Mentalizing

Author(s) -

Rose David,

Machery Edouard,

Stich Stephen,

Alai Mario,

Angelucci Adriano,

Berniūnas Renatas,

Buchtel Emma E.,

Chatterjee Amita,

Cheon Hyundeuk,

Cho InRae,

Cohnitz Daniel,

Cova Florian,

Dranseika Vilius,

Lagos Ángeles Eraña,

Ghadakpour Laleh,

Grinberg Maurice,

Hannikainen Ivar,

Hashimoto Takaaki,

Horowitz Amir,

Hristova Evgeniya,

Jraissati Yasmina,

Kadreva Veselina,

Karasawa Kaori,

Kim Hackjin,

Kim Yeonjeong,

Lee Minwoo,

Mauro Carlos,

Mizumoto Masaharu,

Moruzzi Sebastiano,

Olivola Christopher Y.,

Ornelas Jorge,

Osimani Barbara,

Romero Carlos,

Rosas Alejandro,

Sangoi Massimo,

Sereni Andrea,

Songhorian Sarah,

Sousa Paulo,

Struchiner Noel,

Tripodi Vera,

Usui Naoki,

del Mercado Alejandro Vázquez,

Volpe Giorgio,

Vosgerichian Hrag A.,

Zhang Xueyi,

Zhu Jing

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

thought: a journal of philosophy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 8

ISSN - 2161-2234

DOI - 10.1002/tht3.248

Subject(s) - ascription , folk psychology , assertion , circumscription , psychology , epistemology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognitive science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language

Is behavioral integration (i.e., which occurs when a subject's assertion that p matches her nonverbal behavior) a necessary feature of belief in folk psychology? Our data from over 5,000 people across 26 samples, spanning 22 countries suggests that it is not. Given the surprising cross‐cultural robustness of our findings, we argue that the types of evidence for the ascription of a belief are, at least in some circumstances, lexicographically ordered: assertions are first taken into account, and when an agent sincerely asserts that p , nonlinguistic behavioral evidence is disregarded. In light of this, we take ourselves to have discovered a universal principle governing the ascription of beliefs in folk psychology.

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