A Formal Theory of Commonsense Psychology How People Think People Think

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1. Commonsense psychology Commonsense psychology and psychology .............3 Commonsense psychology and Computers .......17 Formalizing commonsense psychology .......36 Commonsense psychology and language ........60 2. Background theories .........91 Eventualities and their structure................93 Traditional set theory...100 Substitution, typical elements, and instances........105 logic reified ........116 Functions and Sequences .............121 Composite entities .........126 Defeasibility ............135 Scales ..........139 Arithmetic .......150 Change of State .......158 Causality .......163 Time ........177 Event structure .........196 Space.....202 Person.........207 Modality ......211 3. Commonsense psychology theories Knowledge management ......223 Similarity comparisons .........256 Memory ............270 Envisioning ......280 Explanation ..............299 Managing expectations ............306 Other-Agent reasoning ......309 Goals ..............312 Goal Themes ...........332 Threats and threat detection ...........341 Plans ..........348 Goal Management .........366 Excecution Envisionment .......373 Causes of Failure ......380 Plan elements ......387 Planning modalities ........392 Planning goals ......397 Plan construction ........407 Plan adaptation ......416 Design .........421 Decision ................427 Scheduling ..........439 Monitoring ........451 Execution modalities .........456 Execution control ..........464 Repetitive execution ........478 Mind- Body Interaction.............484 Observation of plan Executions ........502 Emotions ..........513