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Action selection in imitation: Why do we still need the teleological stance? Commentary on ‘The teleological stance: Past, present, and future’ by Juvrud and Gredeback
Author(s) -
Király Ildikó,
Oláh Katalin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
developmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.801
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1467-7687
pISSN - 1363-755X
DOI - 10.1111/desc.12972
Subject(s) - teleology , imitation , action (physics) , psychology , hierarchy , cognitive science , selection (genetic algorithm) , generality , cognitive psychology , natural selection , epistemology , philosophy , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , market economy , psychotherapist
The teleological stance and natural pedagogy are integrated as a system for representing the teleological structure of novel events, including causally opaque ones. In this sense, the teleological stance allows children to build a goal hierarchy, based on which they become able to select the actions to perform.