Knowing Minds is a Matter of Authority: Political Dimensions of Opacity Statements in Korowai Moral Psychology

摘要

Korowai like many other people identify cognitive and emotional deliberation with spaces of bodily interiority, specifically the internal cavity of a person's torso, and the organs there.1 The statement "Herself her thoughts" or "Himself his thoughts" juxtaposes two noun phrases, which add up to the proposition: "She herself has her own guts," "She thinks for herself," or "She decides for herself."