A theory of intentional action under uncertainty as applied tophysical and communicative actions

摘要

Communication of information is largely an intentional action. Inorder to understand why and how agents communicate, it is necessary tounderstand why and how agents perform intentional actions. A theory ofintentions is necessary but not sufficient; understanding intentionalaction also requires theories of motivational pro-attitudes (wants,shoulds, etc.), volition (evaluation, judging, choosing, deliberating,and deciding), and action execution. This paper briefly covers some ofthe main points in these areas. The resulting theories form a modelcalled AGENT (Architecture for General Entities) which can be used tobuild communicating intentional robot minds