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1、FictionandTheoryofMindBoyd,Brian,1952-PhilosophyandLiterature,Volume30,Number2,October2006,pp.590-600(Article)PublishedbyTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPressDOI:10.1353/phl.2006.0025Foradditionalinformationaboutthisarticlehttp://muse.jhu.edu/journals/phl/summary/v030/30.2boyd.htmlAccessProvidedbyUniver
2、sityofScience__ACCESS_STATEMENT__TechnologyBeijingat05/10/129:48AMGMTFictionandtheoryoFMindbyBrianBoydisaZunshine’sWhyWeReadFictionaims“toputthecognitive-LevolutionaryconceptofthetheoryofMindonthemapofcon-temporaryliterarystudies”(p.84).anyliterarycriticwhohasstumbleduponthisactiveresearchprogram
3、inrecentclinical,cognitive,compara-tive,developmentalandevolutionarypsychologywillhaverealizedthattheoryofMind(toM)—ourintuitivesystemsforunderstandingthemindsofothers—mustberelevanttoliterature.assomeonewhohaslongdeploreditsneglectinliterarystudies(oftenontheverypagesofthisjournal)iregrettorepor
4、tthatasacartographerofthisnewterrainZunshinehasanunsteadyhand.asitstitlesuggests,herbookmakesalargeclaim:thatwereadfictioninordertogiveourselvesacognitiveworkout,toexerciseourcapac-ityfortoM.Wenormallyunderstandreadilyfourlevelsofembeddedintentionality(youdoubtthatBrianacceptsthatLisaknowswhatrob
5、insays),butwefinditrapidlymoredifficulttohandlefurtherlevels.Fictionoftenpushes“ourabilitytoprocessembeddedintentionalitiesbeyondourcognitivezoneofcomfort”(p.130).WhyWeReadFictionalsomakesasecond,implicitbutnolesscentral,claim:thatanalyzingfictionintermsoftoMofferscriticismgreaterexplanatorypower
6、,precision,andclarity.WhyWeReadFiction:TheoryofMindandtheNovel,byLisaZunshine;198pp.columbus:ohioStateUniversityPress,2006.$59.95PhilosophyandLiterature,©2006,30:590–600BrianBoyd591Zunshine’sexplicitclaimseemsunlikely.allpeoplestellandattendtofictions,butasZunshinesometimesconcedesnotallthesefict
7、ionspushtheboundariesoftoM.Manyindividualsandgroups,perhapsmost,especiallyenjoyfictionthatdoesnotinvolvehigh-leveltoM,suchasmyth,fairytale,andactionadventurestoriesfromepicstoWesternsormartialartsmovies.childrenalready
