Joint attention : communication and other minds : issues in philosophy and psychology / edited by Naomi Eilan ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eilan, Naomi.

Series:

Consciousness and Self-Consciousness Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joint attention.

Physical Description:

xii, 332 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

"This book contains research into the cognitive phenomenon of 'joint attention'. Philosophical and psychological perspectives on the nature and significance of this phenomenon are examined"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notes on Contributors

1. Joint Attention, Communication, and Mind

2. Joint Attention and Understanding the Mind

3. What Chimpanzees Know about Seeing, Revisited: An Explanation of the Third Kind

4. Joint Attention and the Notion of Subject: Insights from Apes, Normal Children, and Children with Autism

5. Before the 'Third Element': Understanding Attention to Self

6. Infants' Understanding of the Actions Involved in Joint Attention

7. Infant Pointing: Harlequin, Servant of Two Masters

8. Understanding the Role of Communicative Intentions in Word Learning

9. What Puts the Jointness into Joint Attention?

10. Why do Children with Autism have a Joint Attention Impairment?

11. Joint Attention and the Problem of Other Minds

12. Joint Reminiscing as Joint Attention to the Past

13. Joint Attention and Common Knowledge

14. Joint Attention: Its Nature, Reflexivity, and Relation to Common Knowledge

Author Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Subject Index

V.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-151430-6

1-280-84672-0

1-4294-6933-1

OCLC:

437108489