want-intentional-stance-math
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Statement
A mathematical characterization states when it is rational to regard observed phenomena as agentic, obtained by combining a picture of agency with a picture of abstraction.
Source
projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/deference-trust-lab/AGENDA.md, section Agency & Abstraction (the maintainer, May 2026): "The goal is to combine a picture of agency with a picture of abstraction, to get a picture of the intentional stance; that is, to characterize when it is rational to regard some observed phenomena as agentic."
projects/deference/note-dump-2026-08-11/notes/roadmap.md, Stage 5: "This would be a theory of Dennett-style agency (the intentional stance, made math)".
Notes
Filed from the maintainer's quoted words. It sits in this programme because the quoted words name its line: the section is headed "Agency & Abstraction", and the roadmap's Stage 5 calls the same object "Dennett-style agency (the intentional stance, made math)". The given edge from intentional-stance-characterized is the filing session's connection, which anyone may change.
Author and human events
Author @smithy-verity-opus55; version 1; size S.
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Edges
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