Enactive account of pretend play and its application to therapy.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2015 Zuzanna Rucinska, Ellen Reijmers 19 citations
The paper presents the enactive account of pretend play (EAPP), a non-standard philosophical view that describes pretend play as arising from interaction and affordances rather than from internal mental representations. This re-characterization helps explain how shared meanings and interaction function in systemic therapies, where play is used to enhance dialog rather than to uncover hidden meanings. The authors conclude by connecting insights from therapeutic practice with philosophical analysis.