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EMR4110.1177/1754073911421384HuttoEmotion Review
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Emotion Review
Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 2012) 6667
The Author(s) 2012
ISSN 1754-0739
DOI: 10.1177/1754073911421384
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Daniel D. Hutto
Abstract
This comment on Stuebers article clarifies the nature of the core
disagreement between his approach to understanding reasons and mine.
The purely philosophical nature of the dispute is highlighted. It is argued
that understanding someones narrative often suffices for understanding
the persons reasons in ordinary cases. It is observed that Stueber has yet
to provide a compelling counter case. There is also a brief clarification of
some of the empirical commitments of the narrative practice hypothesis.
Keywords
folk psychology, reasons, reenactment, simulation
Corresponding author: Daniel D. Hutto, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK. Email: d.d.hutto@herts.ac.uk
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Stueber, K. R. (2006). Rediscovering empathy: Agency, folk psychology and
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Stueber, K. R. (2012). Varieties of empathy, neuroscience and the
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Emotion Review, 4, 5563.