A theory of intentional action under uncertainty as applied to physical and communicative actions

Communication of information is largely an intentional action. In order to understand why and how agents communicate, it is necessary to understand why and how agents perform intentional actions. A theory of intentions is necessary but not sufficient; understanding intentional action also requires theories of motivational pro-attitudes (wants, shoulds, etc.), volition (evaluation, judging, choosing, deliberating, and deciding), and action execution. This paper briefly covers some of the main points in these areas. The resulting theories form a model called AGENT (Architecture for General Entities) which can be used to build communicating intentional robot minds