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Mind-reading as Control Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2007

PETER GÄRDENFORS
PETER GÄRDENFORS
Affiliation:
Lund University Cognitive Science, Kungshuset, S-222 22 Lund, Sweden. E-mail: Peter.Gardenfors@lucs.lu.se
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Abstract

In contrast to other animals, humans are good at mind-reading in the sense that they can represent the contents of the minds of others. In this article, the competence for inter-subjectivity is divided into representing the emotions, the attention, the intentions and the beliefs and knowledge of others. Recent attempts to exploit control theory for modelling various cognitive functions are discussed and it is outlined how this modelling approach can be combined with the analysis of inter-subjectivity.

Type
Focus: Brain and Mind
Information
European Review , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , May 2007 , pp. 223 - 240
Copyright
Academia Europaea 2007

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