Lecture 09

Date given: Wednesday, 10th December 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 09 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 1, Given that human actions are consequences of two (or more) dissociable processes, namely habitual and goal-directed processes, what (if any) are the consequences for philosophical theories of action?

• long essay question 3, How, if at all, should a philosophical theory of action incorporate scientific discoveries about the control of action?

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

• long essay question 8, What, if anything, do scientific discoveries about the interpersonal coordination of action reveal about how joint action differs from acting in parallel but merely individually?

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Table of contents

• Conclusion to Philosophical Issues in Behavioural Science
• Introduction to Lecture 09
• Solution to the Problem of Action
• Collective Goals
• Could Motor Representations Ground Collective Goals?
• Conclusion
• Task Co-Representation