I have a few questions related to the Apperly and Butterfill article:
What is the relationship between empathy and cognitive flexibility/resources in belief reasoning? The common belief seems to be (in my opinion) that the ability to "put oneself in others' shoes" relies on some emotional or social processes (what we think about when we think about empathy) rather than logical reasoning of what the other might be representing in their mind given the circumstances.
Do we think that these processes are just a form of automatization acquired from years of logical groundwork? Or do we think that the emotional aspect of belief reasoning is a separate process in itself, complemented logical reasoning only when the resulting reasoning about beliefs is deemed lacking? If this is the case, can any kind of empathetic responses arise truly without any logical processes, or would there have to be some (low level) reasoning preceding?
Generally, in the study of belief reasoning, how relevant is it to account for any type of emotion/empathy in the reasoner?