Folk Psychological Narratives: The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons

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Folk Psychological Narratives Folk Psychological Narratives The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons Daniel D. Hutto A Bradford Book The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. MIT Press books may be purchased at special quantity discounts for business or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu or write to Special Sales Department, The MIT Press, 55 Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. This book was set in Stone sans and Stone serif by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong, and was printed and bound in the United States. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hutto, Daniel D. Folk psychological narratives : the sociocultural basis of understanding reasons / Daniel D. Hutto. p. cm. “A Bradford book.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-08367-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Attribution (Social psychology) 2. Cognition. 3. Cognition in children. 4. Social perception in children. 5. Philosophy of mind. 6. Social psychology. I. Title. HM1076.H88 2007 150.1—dc22 2007005539 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my son Justin Rais, desipere in loco ...