Title

Metacognition is Prior

Authors

Justin J. CouchmanFollow
Mariana V.C. CoutinhoFollow
Michael J. Beran, Georgia State UniversityFollow
J. David SmithFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

We agree with Carruthers that evidence for metacognition in species lacking mindreading provides dramatic evidence in favor of the metacognition-is-prior account and against the mindreading-is-prior account. We discuss this existing evidence and explain why an evolutionary perspective favors the former account and poses serious problems for the latter account.

Comments

This article originally appeared in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press.

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Recommended Citation

Couchman, J. J., Countinho, M. V. C., Beran, M. J., & Smith, J. D. (2009). Metacognition is prior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32(2), 142. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X09000594