Description
Social interaction requires social cognition--the ability to perceive, interpret, and explain the actions of others. This ability fundamentally relies on the concepts of intention and intentionality. For example, people distinguish sharply between intentional and unintentional behavior; identify the intentions underlying others' behavior; explain completed actions with reference to intentions, beliefs, and desires; and evaluate the social worth of actions using the concepts of intentionality and responsibility.
Intentions and Intentionality highlights the roles these concepts play in social cognition. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it offers cutting-edge work from researchers in cognitive, developmental, and social psychology and in philosophy, primatology, and law. It includes both conceptual and empirical contributions.
Author: Bertram F. Malle
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Published: 01/24/2003
Pages: 434
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.58w x 0.96d
ISBN13: 9780262632676
ISBN10: 0262632675
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
About the Author
Dare A. Baldwin is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon.