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Intention: the will to commit an act, as opposed to a random occurrence of such an event. See also motives, causation, will.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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John Dupré on Intentions - Dictionary of Arguments

Perler I 316
Animal/Communication/Intention/Dupré: an important criterion for intended communication is the possibility of deception.
>Animals
, >Animal language, >Communication, >Delusion.

John Dupré, 1991. "Conversation with Apes. Reflections on the Scientific Study of language". In: Investigating Psychology, Science of Mind after Wittgenstein, J. Hyman (ed.) London, New York: Routledge

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Dupré I
John Dupré
"Conversations with Apes. Reflections on the Scientific Study of Language", in: Investigating Psychology. Sciences of the Mind after Wittgenstein, J. Hyman (Ed) London/New York 1991, pp. 95-116
In
Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005

Perler I
Dominik Perler
Markus Wild
Der Geist der Tiere Frankfurt 2005


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