The principle of ontological commitment in pre- and postmortem multiple agent tracking

Nicolas J. Bullot

doi:10.1017/S0140525X0627910X

The principle of ontological commitment in pre- and postmortem multiple agent tracking

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This commentary suggests that understanding the "Folk Psychology of Souls" requires studying a problem articulating ontology with psychology: How do human beings, both as perceivers and thinkers, track and refer to (1) living and dead intentional agents and (2) supernatural agents? The problem is discussed in the light of the principle of the ontological commitment in agent tracking.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	466-468
Number of pages	3
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0627910X
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006
Externally published	Yes

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