{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"A Model of the Common-Sense Theory of Intention and Personal Causation","authors":[{"name":"Charles F. Schmidt","slug":"charles-f-schmidt","given":"Charles F.","family":"Schmidt","affiliation":""},{"name":"John D'Addamio","slug":"john-d-apos-addamio","given":"John","family":"D'Addamio","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"Certain general properties of man's ability to interpret the actions of other persons are discussed. Some distinguishing features of this common-sense theory include the nature of the modal operators of Can and Try, the asymmetry of implication, and the capacity to embed models within models. The structure of a proposed model of this naive theory of personal causation is presented. This model arrives at a specific interpretation of another's actions by showing that these actions represent a possible path to a particular goal that is consistent with the axioms of the belief system's theory of human motivation and personality organization.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/59","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/0059.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/59.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/bibtex/59","volume":{"slug":"1973","title":"Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1973","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1973/","year":1973,"location":"Stanford, California, USA","dates":"20-23 August 1973","editors":"Nils J. Nilsson","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"Psychology and A.I","track":"Psychology and A.I","number":59,"pages":{"first":465,"last":470},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}