Group cognition Common ground for everyone

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Group cognition Common ground for everyone?

• Harold Bekkering
• NICI - Nijmegen

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Are all species equal

• Of course not, but
• we all might be to some degree conscious about
  ourselves (Burkhart)
• And about ourselves in contrast to others
• Absence example
• However, we might differ in
• The mechanisms we use to reflect (Perner)
• Autism in animals
• The functionality (goals)

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Are all species equal

• Collective intentionality and sociality (Tuomela)
• Cooperative vs competitive

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Consciousness and the self

• Simulation is needed to understand others
• However, it seems to go beyond motor simulation.
• Social Intentionality Is this predominantly
  first-person or third person perspective?