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Hierarchically Minded: Levels of Intentionality and Mind-Reading

One of my papers on mind-reading. We all do that. Listen to this audio introduction to the paper:

_____. "Hierarchically Minded: Levels of Intentionality and Mind Reading." AI podcast on José Angel García Landa's paper. Academia 19 July 2026.*

https://www.academia.edu/7962810/

2026

Hierarchically Minded:

Levels of Intentionality and Mind Reading

https://ssrn.com/abstract=2250379

Homenaje A Francisco Gutiérrez Díez, Rafael Monroy, ed., Murcia, 2013

12 Pages Posted: 15 Apr 2013

José Angel García Landa

Universidad de Zaragoza

Date Written: 2013

Abstract:

In "The Human Story: A New History of Mankind's Evolution" (2004) the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar speculates on the development of some mental abilities exclusive to humans as they evolved from pre-human species. His account somewhat limits the role of language, and the main emphasis falls on another phenomenon associated to humanization: the development of so-called Theory of Mind, a term current in contemporary evolutionary psychology which covers some of the ground of what is called intersubjectivity in phenomenological philosophical traditions. In this paper I will argue that the theory of Theory of Mind needs further refining, and further dialogue with relevant disciplines of the humanities, in order to take into account the complex semiotics of human experience and communication.

Keywords: Evolutionary psychology, Cognition, Theory of mind, Intersubjectivity, Symbolism, Phenomenology, Intentionality

Suggested Citation:

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, Hierarchically Minded: Levels of Intentionality and Mind Reading (2013). Homenaje A Francisco Gutiérrez Díez, Rafael Monroy, ed., Murcia, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2250379

SSRN Alert Classifications	Message
CSN Subject Areas Human Cognition in Evolution & Development - CMBO CSN: Evolution (Topic) - CMBO	Distributed in Human Cognition in Evolution & Development Vol 5, Issue 14, May 06, 2013



Delete --Neuroanthropology & Cultural Neuroscience - CMBO	Added to eLibrary
AARN Subject Areas Psychological Anthropology - CMBO AARN: Cognitive Anthropology (Topic) - CMBO	Added to eLibrary
AARN Subject Areas Biology & Anthropology - CMBO AARN: Human Ecology & Behavioral Ecology (Topic) - CMBO	Added to eLibrary

PRN Subject Areas Philosophy of Mind - CMBO PRN: Content, Intentionality, & Representation (Topic) - CMBO	Distributed in Philosophy of Mind Vol 6, Issue 16, April 23, 2013
PRN Subject Areas Continental Philosophy - CMBO PRN: Phenomenology (Topic) - CMBO	Distributed in Continental Philosophy Vol 6, Issue 13, April 22, 2013
PsychRN Subject Areas Cognitive Psychology - CMBO PsychRN: Other Cognitive Psychology (Topic) - CMBO	Added to eLibrary

También aquí:

_____. "Hierarchically Minded: Levels of Intentionality and Mind Reading." In Homenaje a Francisco Gutiérrez Díez. Ed. Rafael Monroy. Murcia: Edit.um, 2013. 141-56.*

_____. "Hierarchically Minded: Levels of Intentionality and Mind Reading." SSRN 15 April 2013.*

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2250379

2013

Psychological Anthropology eJournal 15 April 2013.*

http://www.ssrn.com/link/Psychological-Anthropology.html

2013

Biological Anthropology eJournal 15 April 2013.*

http://www.ssrn.com/link/Biological-Anthropology.html

2013

Human Cognition in Evolution and Development 5.14 (6 May 2013)

http://hq.ssrn.com/Journals/IssueProof.cfm?abstractid=2250379&journalid=1314112&issue_number=14&volume=5&journal_type=CMBO&function=showissue

http://www.ssrn.com/link/Human-Cognition-Evolution-Development.html (15 April 2013)