The folk concepts of intention and intentional action: A cross-cultural study

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-132

  Knobe, Joshua ^a   Burra, Arudra ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural evidence; Intention; Intentional action; Moral cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149011664     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853706776931222     Document Type: Article

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