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    Supports→An agent can form an intention of the form 'I intend that we X' without requiring certainty about the partner's intentions.

    An agent forming the intention 'I intend that we X' does so under the assumption that the partner does or will come to intend likewise.

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    Thus, the claim here is that intentions of the form “I intend that we X” are basic to the intentionality of joint action. Critics have argued that Bratman’s account is defective in so far as it treats intentions of that form as basic, since they violate either (1) the condition that one can only intend one’s own action, or (2) the condition that one can only control one’s own and no other agent’s actions, or (3) the condition that one can only intend what one can take to be in a position to sett

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