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Quote: physical, design, and intentional stance; simple objects predicted by physical laws, designed objects modelled by their purpose, other people modelled by beliefs and intentions
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consciousness
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models of reality
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mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors
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Some objects are inert: their behaviour is simple … [mental] model adopts the physical stance [Dennett, D., The intentional stance, MIT Press, 1987] toward [a falling] cup. … we cannot take a physical stance toward [a computer program] because it is too complex. Instead, we base our model … the design stance. [p. 283] Other users are also … As they are conscious entities, we model their … intentional stance. … Building models of actors is something we humans … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: consciousness (57 items)
Topic: models of reality (33 items)
Topic: mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors (49 items)