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“Einstein's baby” could infer intentionality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

John S. Watson
John S. Watson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-1650
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jwatson@berkeley.edu
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Abstract

Some implications of Tomasello et al.'s theory derive from incorporating a variant of a common assumption that humans are biologically adapted to take an intentional stance in relation to conspecifics. I argue that, rather than being cued, intentions and other dispositional states may be inferred logically from an evolved commitment to determinism and evidence of state-dependent behavior.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 719 - 720
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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