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Summary

People judge actions as intentional based on how much the action

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology

Background:

  • The folk concept of intentional action has been a subject of debate among cognitive scientists.
  • Existing models struggle to fully explain nuanced judgments of intentionality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and empirically validate a new account of the folk concept of intentional action.
  • To demonstrate that intentionality judgments are fundamentally linked to causal dependence on desire.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a causal dependence theory of intentional action.
  • Empirical studies testing predictions across everyday and unusual causal scenarios.
  • Analysis of how norm violations interact with causal structure in intentionality judgments.
Keywords:
CausationConceptsIntentional actionTheory of mind

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  • The folk concept of intentional action is built upon intuitive causal cognition.
  • Understanding intuitive causation is key to defining intentional action.
  • This model offers a unified explanation for diverse intentionality judgments.