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    Supports→Bratman's account of shared intention is defective because intentions of the form 'I intend that we X' violate the condition that one can only intend what one is in a position to settle.

    Intentions whose satisfaction conditions include the independent future agency of others cannot generate the same first-person practical commitments Bratman relies on to explain coordination and meshing subplans.

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    Key Terms

    Bratman(the philosopher being discussed)
    Michael Bratman is a contemporary philosopher who developed an influential theory about how humans form and act on intentions and plans.
    First-person practical commitments(as a category of beliefs distinct from abstract inquiry)
    Personal decisions and promises you make in your own life—like choosing to trust someone—where you're directly involved and have skin in the game.
    Independent future agency(in discussions about coordination between people)
    The ability of other people to make their own free choices in the future, which you cannot fully control.
    Intentions(part of the mental life that defines a person's character)
    Plans or purposes you have in mind—what you're trying to do or accomplish.
    Meshing subplans

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    (How individual plans coordinate in joint action)
    Individual smaller plans that fit together smoothly, like puzzle pieces, so that each person's part of the larger plan works with everyone else's parts.
    Satisfaction conditions(what Williamson argues is indeterminate in borderline cases)
    The specific requirements or criteria that must be met for something to count as true or for an object to belong to a category.
    coordination(as used in metaphysics)
    The fact that two separate things work together or match up perfectly in a way that seems purposeful or connected.

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