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‘chimpanzees understand … intentions … perception and knowledge … Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action’ (Call & Tomasello 2008:191)

‘chimpanzees understand … intentions … perception and knowledge … Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action’ (Call & Tomasello 2008:191) ‘our fundamental conception of what it is to know that P is itself an explanatory conception […] we think of S’s knowledge that P as something that can properly be explained by reference to what S has perceived or remembered or proved or ...’ (Cassam 2007: 356)

‘chimpanzees understand … intentions … perception and knowledge … Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action’ (Call & Tomasello 2008:191) ‘from 7 months on ... humans automatically compute other’s beliefs and seem to hold them in mind as alternative representations of the environment.’ (Kovács et al 2010: 1834)

Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ...

Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

‘Propositions ... are the sharable objects of the attitudes and the primary bearers of truth and falsity’ (McGrath 2012) Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill and 97 2 =9049 Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds proposition-2 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds proposition-2 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties < < Ayesha , Hármashatár hill >, cycle > Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds proposition-2 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties < < Ayesha , Hármashatár hill >, cycle > < < Steve , Hármashatár hill >, cycle > Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds proposition-2 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties < < Ayesha , Hármashatár hill >, cycle > < < Steve , Hármashatár hill >, cycle > Why not use sentences? Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

proposition-1 : a set of possible worlds proposition-2 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties proposition-3 : a (nested) sequence of objects and properties and modes of presentations Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

‘chimpanzees understand … intentions … perception and knowledge … Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action’ (Call & Tomasello 2008:191)

‘chimpanzees understand … intentions … perception and knowledge … Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action’ (Call & Tomasello 2008:191) ‘from 7 months on ... humans automatically compute other’s beliefs and seem to hold them in mind as alternative representations of the environment.’ (Kovács et al 2010: 1834)

Ayesha believes Ayesha will cycle up Hármashatár hill Steve desires s/he will cycle up Hármashatár hill that Henry intends Henry will win the lottery ... ... ... Subject Attitude Content

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2. What are mental states? butterfillS@ceu.hu butterfillS@ceu.hu chimpanzees understand intentions perception and knowledge Moreover, they understand how these psychological states work together to produce intentional action

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