%0 Journal Article
%T Explaining Impaired Play in Autism
%A Somogy Varga
%J Journal f¨¹r Philosophie und Psychiatrie
%D 2010
%I Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich
%X Autism has recently become the focus of continuous philosophical inquiry, because it affects inter-subjective capacities in a highly selective manner. One of the first behavioural manifestations of autism is impaired play, particularly the lack of pretend play. This article will show that the prevailing 'Theory-Theory of Mind'-approach cannot explain impaired play. I will suggest a richer, phenomenological account of inter-subjectivity. It will be argued that this improves the understanding of impaired play in autism.
%K Autism
%K play
%K metarepresentation
%K theory of mind
%K Merleau-Ponty
%K intersubjectivity
%U http://www.jfpp.org/jfpp-1-2010-02.html