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conclusion
Understanding why people act, individually and jointly matters.
At the most basic level, philosophical, psychological and formal answers are—or appear—inconsistent.
This is an obstacle to full understanding
but one that you can overcome.
challenge
Discover why people act,
individually and jointly.
basic theories and discoveries
from three disciplines needed
to answer the question
to reach beyond
you need to look beyond
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inconsistencies abound
but integration is possible
appendix
philosophical
methods
informal observation,
guesswork (‘intuition’),
reasoning,
& theoretical elegance
Thing to Be Explained
Candidate Explanation
dimming of a star
conjecture about a planet
object-tracking abilities in infants
conjecture about innate knowledge
joint action
conjecture about shared intention/commitment/team reasoning/motor representation/...