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    Both agents form intentions of the form 'I intend that we... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Both agents in a shared activity can regard themselves as having partly settled the issue of joint action.

    Both agents form intentions of the form 'I intend that we X' under the assumption that the partner will form a corresponding intention.

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    Both agents in a shared activity can regard themselves as having partly settled ...Each agent's intention is partially constitutive of the shared intention.When both agents form such intentions, a shared intention comes into existence.

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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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