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Perspective-taking is a routine and seemingly intuitive part of our everyday social life, yet at the same time, it is a difficult phenomenon to describe, conceptualize, and enhance. This entry considers (1) ways of conceptualizing the primary elements of perspective-taking; (2) reframing perspective-taking as an interactional achievement rather than a purely cognitive skill of the individual; and (3) the relationship between perspective-taking and our ability to imagine possible futures.
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Heasman, B., Gillespie, A. (2020). Perspective-Taking. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_36-1
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