ABSTRACT
Highlighting the limitations of the two standard proposals in the theory of mind literature-theory and simulation theory-this chapter makes an initial case for thinking that the root folk psychological competence needed for mental time travel is better understood as a special kind of narrative engagement. 'Mental time travel' refers to the everyday ability to think about events in one's past or possible future as events in one's own past or possible future. That a basic folk psychological competence is needed for mental time travel is consistent with empirical evidence that shows that folk psychological abilities and capacities for mental time travel unfold in tandem. Classic theory assumes that 'the mind contains a single mental faculty charged with attributing mental states'. Currie agrees with Keiran about this, observing that since one claim of simulation theory is that mind reading is done by imaginative projection.
