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    Challenges→It is more parsimonious to assume that chimpanzees can understand what others can and cannot see (mindreading) rather than assuming chimpanzees have learned a different behavioral rule for every relevant situation involving a competitor's line of gaze.

    When two hypotheses have equivalent empirical adequacy, invoking Occam's razor to favor the mentalistic one inverts the principle, since 'mindreading' posits additional unobservable intentional states.

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    Key Terms

    Mentalistic(as used in philosophy of mind)
    Relating only to what happens in someone's mind—their thoughts and beliefs—rather than their actual actions or effects on the world.
    Occam's Razor(Philosophy of science)
    A principle favoring more ontologically parsimonious theories over less parsimonious ones.
    Unobservable(as used in philosophy of science and metaphysics)
    Something that cannot be directly seen, heard, touched, or measured with our senses.
    empirical adequacy(Distinguished from full accuracy in that the degree of accuracy required depends on pragmatic considerations)
    The requirement that theories account for observations; a constraint that all legitimate research programs must satisfy
    intentional states

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    (Wright's language-game argument)
    Mental states such as belief and desire that can be self-ascribed or other-ascribed within a shared linguistic practice.
    mindreading(Philosophy of mind; simulation theory)
    The cognitive capacity to represent others' mental states

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