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Intention

An intention is a mental state in which a person commits themselves to a course of action. Having the plan to visit the zoo tomorrow is an example of an intention. The action plan is the content of the intention while the commitment is the attitude towards this content. Other mental states can have action plans as their content, as when one admires a…

In criminal law, Types of intentions & Relation to other concepts

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Types of intentions

Formation of intentions

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In criminal law

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related to Morality · 16
Intention → According, Defenders, For, Immanuel Kant, In, Instead, It, Kant, Legalität, Moralität, On, Opponents, Specifically, The, They, This
related to Motivational and oblique · 15
Intention → Committing, For, His, In, Increasing, It, Motivational, Other, So, Some, Ted, The, There, These, This
related to Prospective and immediate · 15
Intention → An, But, Immediate, In, It, On, One, Prospective, Raising, So, Some, The, There, They, This
related to Action · 13
Intention → According, Another, Doing, Donald Davidson, In, Instead, On, One, Some, The, These, This, Walking
related to Formation of intentions · 13
Intention → An, Another, But, Decisions, Deliberation, English, For, In, Intentions, It, Often, The, This
related to In criminal law · 13
Intention → Ann, As, Ben, But, Direct, For, General, In, Indirect, It, Some, The, This
related to Belief–desire theory · 12
Intention → An, And, Another, But, For, It, On, Other, Some, The, These, This
related to Conscious and unconscious · 12
Intention → As, At, But, For, Freud, Freudian, In, Of, Sigmund Freud, This, Unconscious, Various
related to Intending as doing · 12
Intention → An, Another, Defenders, Elizabeth Anscombe, For, In, Most, On, Such, The, This, Thursday
related to Developmental psychology · 11
Intention → Children, Developmental, First, How, Much, Psychological, Second, Social, Theory, This, Understanding

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intentions action agent actions may behavior one example desires desire form also beliefs based intended mental states theory others question

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Intentioncausesthe event it planned and that the event is caused by employing the agent's abilities0.90text
Intentionis amental state in which a person commits themselves to a course of action0.90text
Intentionis aaction plan in question and the attitude involves a commitment to executing this action0.90text
body shapeinstance ofmeaning self-propelled and non-linear.Johansson devised a way to study biological motion without interference from other characteristics of humans0.80text
or emotional expressioninstance ofmeaning self-propelled and non-linear.Johansson devised a way to study biological motion without interference from other characteristics of humans0.80text
Intentionrelated to ActionIn0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionThe0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionAccording0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionDonald Davidson0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionOn0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionAnother0.60section
Intentionrelated to ActionThese0.60section

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    Intention

    Nodes73
    Edges72
    Triples244
    Avg. degree1.97
    Density0.027397
    Components1
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