Conceptual Inventory

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Agency (Intentional)

The capacity of a system to perform activities guided by intentional states (states that represent, or are directed upon, things and states of affairs beyond the system).

References:

O’Brien, L. (2022). “Intentional agency.” In L. Ferrero (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency (pp. 109–117). London: Routledge.

Allied Concepts:
Agency (Collective), Agency (General, or Minimal), Agential Explanation, Exploratory Behavior, Intentionality, Niche construction
Related Clusters:
Modeling Agency Formally, Agential Behavior and Plasticity in Evolution
Topical Filter:
Agency and Autonomy
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