Social Cognition and the Second Person in Human Interaction - Paperback

by Diana I. Pérez (Author), Antoni Gomila (Author)

This book is a unique exploration of the idea of the 'second person' in human interaction, the idea that face to face interactions involve a distinctive form of reciprocal mental state attributions that mediates their dynamical unfolding.

Author Biography

Diana I. Pérez is a full professor of Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind at the Department of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and distinguished researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas (SADAF-CONICET). She has written extensively on topics in metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

Antoni Gomila has been a lecturer in Philosophy of Psychology (1992-1999), lecturer in Psychology of Thinking and Language (1999-2009), and a full professor since 2010 at the University of the Balearic Islands. His research interests have turned interdisciplinary issues around the social dimension of human cognition and its evolution, as well as foundational issues in Cognitive Science.