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The principle of ontological commitment in pre- and postmortem multiple agent tracking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Nicolas J. Bullot
Nicolas J. Bullot*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONL5L 1C6, Canadahttp://www.nicolas-bullot.org/Publi/PubliFrame.html
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nicolas@objectcognition.net
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Abstract:

This commentary suggests that understanding the “Folk Psychology of Souls” requires studying a problem articulating ontology with psychology: How do human beings, both as perceivers and thinkers, track and refer to (1) living and dead intentional agents and (2) supernatural agents? The problem is discussed in the light of the principle of the ontological commitment in agent tracking.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 466 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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