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Joint Action and the Expression of Shared Intentions: An Expanded Taylorian Account
Author(s) -
Bowden Sean
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1468-0378
pISSN - 0966-8373
DOI - 10.1111/ejop.12158
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , expression (computer science) , action (physics) , joint (building) , cognition , psychology , cognitive science , work (physics) , cognitive psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , architectural engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , programming language , mechanical engineering
After having identified several shortcomings of the so‐called ‘standard accounts’ of shared intentions, this paper will develop a novel framework for understanding such intentions. The framework to be advanced hinges on a notion of ‘expression’, as well as on the claim that shared intentions are expressed—that is, manifested, grasped, shaped and clarified—throughout the unfolding of the joint actions they animate, as well as in the various expressive activities and behaviours that accompany joint action. This claim will be defended with particular reference to the work of Charles Taylor on expression, as well as recent work on embodied cognition.