Abstract
Abstract This chapter will show that mental fictionalism offers a new perspective on the relationship between mind and material culture. According to the extended mind thesis, items of material culture can form part of the material basis for our mental states. The extended mind thesis assumes a representationalist account of mental states. This chapter argues that, by rejecting representationalism and turning to fictionalism, we can retain the important insights underlying the extended mind thesis, while avoiding its more problematic consequences. The chapter closes by responding to the worry that fictionalism makes the success of folk psychology a miracle.
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