ABSTRACT
Over the past two decades, a small group of philosophers of action have singled out for special attention human social interactions characterized by what may be called shared intentionality or collective intentionality (e.g. Bratman 1992, 2014; Gilbert 1990, 2014; Searle 1995, 2006). In our own empirical research attempting to identify those aspects of human cognition and sociality that are unique to the species (i.e. not possessed by humans’ closest primate relatives), we have come to see skills and motivations of shared intentionality as key (e.g. Tomasello 2014, 2016; Tomasello et al. 2005).
