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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Traditional models explain intentional understanding via inferential mechanisms accessing others' mental states.
  • The second-person perspective offers an embodied, immediate alternative, focusing on early dyadic interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Critique the second-person perspective's view of body and object.
  • Propose an alternative ecological-enactive, semiotic, and pragmatic model for intentional understanding.

Main Methods:

  • Review psychological evidence on the role of body and objects in cognitive development.
  • Develop a theoretical framework integrating embodiment, action, and social interaction.

Main Results:

  • The second-person perspective's treatment of body and object is insufficient.
  • Intentional understanding arises from skillful coordination within interactive, embodied, and material practices.

Conclusions:

  • Intentional understanding is fundamentally embodied and situated.
  • An ecological-enactive approach, emphasizing skillful behavioral coordination, provides a more robust model.