What is meant by the theory of intentionality?
Intentionalism. Intentionalism is the thesis that all mental states are intentional, i.e. that they are about something: about their intentional object. This thesis has also been referred to as “representationalism”.
What is the collective philosophy?
Collective intentionality is the power of minds to be jointly directed at objects, matters of fact, states of affairs, goals, or values. Collective intentionality comes in a variety of modes, including shared intention, joint attention, shared belief, collective acceptance, and collective emotion.
What is joint intentionality?
Joint intentionality, in particular, is a mindset supposed to account for our early, species-specific capacity to participate in collaborative activities involving two (or a few) agents.
What are some examples of intentionality?
If I think about a piano, something in my thought picks out a piano. If I talk about cigars, something in my speech refers to cigars. This feature of thoughts and words, whereby they pick out, refer to, or are about things, is intentionality.
What are some examples of collective responsibility?
Examples of such groups typically include nations, social movements or racial groups, but organized groups such as states or corporations might also be considered collectively responsible in this sense, to the extent that members endorse (or fail to repudiate) the group’s behaviour.
What is the principle of collective responsibility?
Collective responsibility means that all Ministers are bound by the collective decisions made by Cabinet. Accordingly Ministers act with and on behalf of their Cabinet colleagues. Ministers must seek Cabinet approval for all their proposals before making any public announcements.
Do apes have shared intentionality?
In support of this proposal we argue and present evidence that great apes (and some children with autism) understand the basics of intentional action, but they still do not participate in activities involving joint intentions and attention (shared intentionality).
What is third order intentionality?
By extension, second-order intentional organisms know that someone else knows something, and third-order intentional organisms know that someone else knows that someone else knows something.