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    Supports→Mental simulation events cannot be constitutive of mindreading events.

    If an explicit re-attribution step is necessary to transform simulation output into a third-person mental state ascription, then simulation and mindreading are distinct event-types.

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    Simulation(as used in computational theory)
    A computer model or calculation that mimics how a real system works, used to predict outcomes or test ideas without running the actual system.
    distinct event-types(in philosophy of mind)
    Two things that are fundamentally different kinds of events or processes, not the same thing happening.
    mindreading(Philosophy of mind; simulation theory)
    The cognitive capacity to represent others' mental states
    re-attribution(in cognitive science)
    The step of taking information from one form and converting it into a different form or perspective.
    simulation output(in philosophy of mind)

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    third-person mental state ascription(in philosophy of mind)
    Describing someone else's thoughts, feelings, or beliefs from an outside perspective (using language like 'they think' or 'she believes').

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