Shared goals and development
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In 'Joint Action and Development', Stephen Butterfill argues that if several agents' actions are driven by what he calls a "shared goal" -- a certain pattern of goal-relations and expectations -- then these actions constitute a joint action. This kind of joint action is sufficiently cognitively undemanding for children to engage in, and therefore has the potential to play a part in fostering their understanding of other minds. Part of the functional role of shared goals is to enable agents to choose means that are appropriate to realising a goal with others rather than individually. By offering a counterexample, I show that the pattern of goal-relations and expectations specified by Butterfill cannot play this role. I then provide an appropriately conceptually and cognitively undemanding amendment with which the account can be saved.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Philosophical Quarterly |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 258 |
Pages (from-to) | 94-101 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0031-8094 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2015 |
- Faculty of Humanities - Joint action, plural activity, shared goal, mindreading, social development, Stephen Butterfill
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