College 11

Question 1

Joint commitment

Answer 1

Several people committing toghether to do an action, on the condition that others are similarly commited and are mutually aware of the commitment.

Question 2

Group agents (Margaret Gilbert)

Answer 2

Collective entities that act and make dicisions as a group.

Question 3

Joint attention

Answer 3

Both parties are experiencing something with the awareness that they are doing so together.

Question 4

Joint intentions (Micheal Bratman)

Answer 4

People often intend/make plans to do things together, where individuals have different but connected roles and responsibilities.

Question 5

Own-action principle

Answer 5

A person can only intend to do something over which he or she has control.

Question 6

We-intentions (Searle & Tuomela)

Answer 6

Individuals intend to act together as a group in persuit of some goal. They take the groups goals as their own.

Question 7

Agentive funtions

Answer 7

Humans intentionally give an object some funtion.

Question 8

Status funtion

Answer 8

When we treat the object as having a status, and as having a partiular purpose or use in virtue of that status.