A theory of intentional action under uncertainty as applied to physical and communicative actions
John K. Myers · 2003
Communication of information is largely an intentional action. In order to understand why and how agents communicate, it is necessary to understand why and how agents perform intentional actions. A theory of intentions is necessary but not sufficient; understanding intentional action 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 of the main points in these areas. The resulting theories form a model called AGENT (Architecture for General Entities) which can be used to build communicating intentional robot minds.>