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Theory of Mind Develops in Self and Other Together
Children build everyday theories of how minds work using data from both their own behavior and others', and understanding develops in parallel for self and other: a child who cannot grasp that other people hold false beliefs cannot grasp it for themselves either, contradicting the Cartesian picture that we introspect our own minds and then project onto others.
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Alison GopnikEvidence Quote
“an idea that you might have had going back to you know descartes that the way you understand the mind is you look into your own mind and you see how it works and then you project that onto other people that doesn't seem to be a good description of what's happening”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:27:33 AM
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