Narrative and Folk Psychology

Folk psychology refers to our everyday practice of making sense of actions, both our own and those of others, in terms of reasons. This volume, which is a#x00a0;special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies , brings together new work by scholars from a range of disciplines (anthropology, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy) whose aim is to clarify, develop and challenge the claim that folk psychology may be importantly -- perhaps even constitutively -- related to narrative practices.This book is part of a wider project by its editor, Daniel Hutto, Professor of Philosophical Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, exploring this central issue of consciousness studies.TABLE OF CONTENTSFolk Psychology As Narrative#x00a0;(Daniel Hutto) Storied Minds: Narrative Scaffolding for Folk Psychology#x00a0;(David Herman) Narrative Practices and Theory of Mind: A Developmental Perspective#x00a0;(Katherine Nelson) The Plot Thickens: What Children#x2019;s Stories Tell Us about Mindreading#x00a0;(Michelle Scalise Sugiyama) What#x2019;s the Story Behind Theory of Mind and Autism?#x00a0;(Matthew Belmonte) Talk and Children#x2019;s Understanding of Mind#x00a0;(William Turnbull,#x00a0;Jeremy Carpendale and Tim Racine) Objects In a Storied World#x00a0;(Chris Sinha) Evidentiality and Narrative#x00a0;(Jill de Villiers and Jay Garfield) #x2018;Hearing Is Believing#x2019;: Amazonian Trickster#x00a0;Myths as Folk Psycchological Narratives#x00a0;(Jonathan Hill) Joint Attention in Apes and Humans: Are Humans Unique?#x00a0;(David Leavens and Tim Racine) Telling Stories Without Words#x00a0;(Kristin Andrews) Two Problems With Intersubjectivity#x00a0;(Shaun Gallagher) Mirror In Action#x00a0;(Corrado Sinigaglia) The Narrativ Practice Hypothesis and Externalist Theory Theory#x00a0;(Marc Slors) In Defence of Model Theory#x00a0;(Heidi Maibom) There Are No Folk Psychological Narratives#x00a0;(Matthew Ratcliffe)