Theory of mind and science fiction / Nicholas O. Pagan.
"Theory of Mind and Science Fiction" introduces readers to theory of mind, a discipline that crosses disciplinary borders between psychology, neuroscience, and literature. Pagan's model of theory of mind is drawn in particular from social neuroscientist Tania Singer's distinction...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Literature and the Emergence of Theory of Mind
- 1. Science Fiction and Other Minds
- 2. Mary Shelley's" Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus": Correcting Faulty Mind-reading
- 3. Stapledon's "Star Maker": Cosmic Minds and the Triumph of Theory of Mind
- 4. E.A. van Vogt's "Slan": Intimations of Superior Theory of Mind
- 5. Dick's" Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep": What Happened to Affective Empathy?