Why Pretend?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23664461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Carruthers (0000-0002-7149-2327, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 89-110 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Architecture of the Imagination (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199275731.003.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W4233494369 |
| ISBN | 9780199275731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
This chapter studies the question of children's motivations to engage in pretence, using an account provided by Nichols and Stich in 2003 as a stalking horse. It argues that they are correct about much of the basic cognitive architecture necessary to explain pretence, but wrong on the question of motivation. Following a discussion of the views of Currie and Ravenscroft in 2002 on this issue, the chapter draws on Damasio's 1994 description of the way in which emotions enter into practical reasoning involving mental rehearsal. It concludes by defending a novel explanation of the motivations underlying pretence.
Cognition · Cognitive architecture · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Criminology · Epistemology · Stalking · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |