Lecture 06

Date given: Wednesday, 19th November 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 06 as pdf. (This has the same content as the web version you are reading here.)

Essay Questions

This lecture is relevant for answering the following questions:

• long essay question 6, What distinguishes joint actions from individual actions performed in parallel?

• long essay question 9, Is there a counterexample to Bratman’s theory of shared agency?

• long essay question 10, What is team reasoning? Why, if at all, must an account of joint action invoke team reasoning?

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Aggregate Subjects
• From Team Reasoning to Shared Intention
• Pacherie’s Objection to Bratman on Shared Intention
• The Autonomy Dilemma (Objection to Pacherie)
• Conclusion