Introduction: Against 'theory of mind' / Ivan Leudar and Alan Costall -- pt. 1. Theory and history. On the historical antecedents of the theory of mind paradigm / Ivan Leudar and Alan Costall -- 'Theory of mind' : the madness in the method / Alan Costall and Ivan Leudar -- 'Theory of mind' : a critical commentary continued / Wes Sharrock and Jeff Coulter -- pt. 2. Applications. Participants don't need theories : knowing minds in engagement / Vasudevi Reddy and Paul Morris -- Specifying interactional markers of schizophrenia in clinical consultations / Rosemarie McCabe -- The roots of mindblindness / Stuart Shanker and Jim Stieben -- Who really needs a 'theory' of mind? / Emma Williams -- Do animals need a 'theory of mind'? / Michael Bavideg and Ian Ground -- pt. 3. Alternatives. Closet Cartesianism in discursive psychology / Wes Sharrock -- A dialogical approach in psychology : an alternative to the dualism of ToM / Ivana Marková -- ToM rules, but it is not ok! / Daniel D. Hutto.
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