title: Is goal ascription possible in minimal mindreading?
abstract: In this response to the commentary by Michael and Christensen, we first explain how minimal mindreading is compatible with the development of increasingly sophisticated mindreading behaviors that involve both executive functions and general knowledge and then sketch 1 approach to a minimal account of goal ascription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Butterfill
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Birmingham.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Apperly
mesh_terms: D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D056345:Theory of Mind