Shared goals and development

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Shared goals and development. / Blomberg, Olle.

In: Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 258, 01.2015, p. 94-101.

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Blomberg, O 2015, 'Shared goals and development', Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 258, pp. 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqu059

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Blomberg, O. (2015). Shared goals and development. Philosophical Quarterly, 65(258), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqu059

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Blomberg O. Shared goals and development. Philosophical Quarterly. 2015 Jan;65(258):94-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqu059

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Blomberg, Olle. / Shared goals and development. In: Philosophical Quarterly. 2015 ; Vol. 65, No. 258. pp. 94-101.

Bibtex

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abstract = "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.",
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