ABSTRACT
The challenge is that Simulation Theory (ST) cannot account for the systematic errors observed when people perform Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks. There are two charges associated with the argument from error which Saxe brings that are linked to the systematic problem for ST. They relate to flexibility and sharpness of transition. There are three protagonists in the Milgram experiment: the experimenter, the actual subject and the 'dummy subject'. The actual subject is an innocent member of the public. The actual subject believes that the dummy subject is an innocent member of the public. The experimenter explains to the actual subject that the experiment is an investigation of how learning may be improved by mild punishment of error. Saxe introduces a large variety of experimental evidence to support her claim. Block Element Modifier (Bem) sets out his alternative Self-Perception interpretation of Cognitive Dissonance.
