?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Intentional+Action+in+Folk+Psychology%3A+An+Experimental+Investigation&rft.creator=Knobe%2C+Joshua&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Four+experiments+examined+people%E2%80%99s+folk-psychological+concept+of+intentional+action.+The+chief+question+was+whether+or+not+evaluative+considerations+%E2%80%94+considerations+of+good+and+bad%2C+right+and+wrong%2C+praise+and+blame+%E2%80%94+played+any+role+in+that+concept.+The+results+indicated+that+the+moral+qualities+of+a+behavior+strongly+influence+people%E2%80%99s+judgements+as+to+whether+or+not+that+behavior+should+be+considered+%E2%80%98intentional.%E2%80%99+After+eliminating+a+number+of+alternative+explanations%2C+the+author+concludes+that+this+effect+is+best+explained+by+the+hypothesis+that+evaluative+considerations+do+play+some+role+in+people%E2%80%99s+concept+of+intentional+action.&rft.contributor=Bechtel%2C+William&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2922%2F1%2FIntentionSkill.pdf&rft.identifier=++Knobe%2C+Joshua++(2003)+Intentional+Action+in+Folk+Psychology%3A+An+Experimental+Investigation.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2922%2F