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Pragmatics and mind reading: The puzzle of autism

2021-9-30, Mazzarella, Diana, Noveck, Ira

Mikhail Kissine’s (2021) target article examines autism in order to mine questions about language use and its cognitive underpinnings. Among these, we focus on the question concerning the role of mind reading in language interpretation. Kissine claims that the selective pragmatic profile of highly verbal autistic individuals undermines the existence of an ‘intrinsic link’ between language interpretation and mind reading. We advocate for a more cautious approach based on both theoretical and empirical arguments. Theoretically speaking, data from autism are compatible with the view that language interpretation is the result of a special-purpose form of mind reading, dedicated to the domain of intentional communication. Empirically speaking, the data are neither clear nor consistent enough for making strong claims about what exactly are the communicative challenges of highly verbal autistic individuals.

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Saying, presupposing and implicating: How pragmatics modulates commitment

2018-8-1, Mazzarella, Diana, Reinecke, Robert, Noveck, Ira, Mercier, Hugo

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Believing What You're Told: Politeness and Scalar Inferences

2018-6-13, Mazzarella, Diana, Trouche, Emmanuel, Mercier, Hugo, Noveck, Ira