Abstract This paper introduces freely improvised joint actions, a class of actions characterized by (i) highly unspecific goals and (ii) the unavailability shared plans. For example, walking together just for sake with no specific destination or path in mind provides an ordinary example FIJAs, along examples arts, e.g., collective free improvisation music, improv theater, contact dance. We argu...

In natural language dialogue, the way a responder ‘takes up’ the initiative of a participant, largely influences the further course of the dialogue. This uptake mechanism can be understood as a negotiation at a meta level: an initiative counts as a bid of a dialogue game; an appropriate response counts as an acceptance of the bid. We propose to extend this account of uptake to other conventiona...

We argue t h a t cur ren t p lan-based theor ies o f discourse do no t by themselves exp la i n preva lent phenomena in even s imp le task -o r ien ted d ia logues. T h e purpose o f th is paper is to show how one d i f h c u l t t o e x p l a i n feature of these d ia logues, con f i rma t i ons , fo l lows f r o m the joint or t eam na tu re o f t he u n d e r l y i n g task. Speci f ical ly ...

Synchronized movement is a ubiquitous feature of dance and music performance. Much research into the evolutionary origins of these cultural practices has focused on why humans perform rather than watch or listen to dance and music. In this study, we show that movement synchrony among a group of performers predicts the aesthetic appreciation of live dance performances. We developed a choreograph...

Many philosophers have offered accounts of shared actions aimed at capturing what makes joint actions intentionally joint. I first discuss two leading accounts of shared intentions, proposed by Michael Bratman and Margaret Gilbert. I argue that Gilbert's account imposes more normativity on shared intentions than is strictly needed and that Bratman's account requires too much cognitive sophistic...