Intersubjectivity, deception and the 'opacity of other minds': Perspectives from Highland New Guinea and beyond

Alan Rumsey

doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2013.06.003

Intersubjectivity, deception and the 'opacity of other minds': Perspectives from Highland New Guinea and beyond

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How are we to understand the widely attested claim from around the world that one can never know the thoughts of another? Here I consider that question as it arises in the Ku Waru region of Highland Papua New Guinea. Drawing on evidence from three kinds o

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	326-343
Journal	Language and Communication
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2013.06.003
Publication status	Published - 2013

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