?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Putting+the+Philosophy+of+Science+into+Mind%3A+Knowing+Minds+By+Models&rft.creator=Stieg%2C+Chuck&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=The+philosophy+of+science+can+provide+fruitful+contributions+to+other+areas+of+philosophy.++In+this+paper%2C+I+argue+that+the+application+of+work+on+the+nature+of+theories+helps+to+resolve+a+long-standing+dispute+on+the+philosophy+of+mind+over+mindreading.++The+Theory+Theory+and+the+Simulation+Theory+are+two+competing+accounts+of+how+it+is+that+we+explain+and+predict+the+actions+and+mental+states+of+others.++I+discuss+each+view+as+well+as+some+of+their+weaknesses.++I+suggest+that+the+difficulties+each+faces+depend+in+part+on+the+notion+of+theory+supposed+to+be+at+issue.++After+introducing+an+alternative+notion+of+theory%2C+a+model-based+view%2C+I+try+to+show+that+the+problems+of+both+views+are+diminished+and+that+a+synthesis+results.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6729%2F1%2FKnowing_Minds_via_Simulation_in_a_Model.docx&rft.identifier=++Stieg%2C+Chuck++(2009)+Putting+the+Philosophy+of+Science+into+Mind%3A+Knowing+Minds+By+Models.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6729%2F