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The Phenomenology of Face‐to‐Face Mindreading
Author(s) -
Smith Joel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophy and phenomenological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1933-1592
pISSN - 0031-8205
DOI - 10.1111/phpr.12063
Subject(s) - phenomenology (philosophy) , face (sociological concept) , perception , psychology , constraint (computer aided design) , philosophy of mind , cognitive psychology , epistemology , cognitive science , face perception , philosophy , metaphysics , linguistics , mathematics , geometry
I defend a perceptual account of face‐to‐face mindreading. I begin by proposing a phenomenological constraint on our visual awareness of others' emotional expressions. I argue that to meet this constraint we require a distinction between the basic and non‐basic ways people, and other things, look. I offer and defend just such an account.