Abstract
This chapter begins the discussion by defining object and event, since both are presupposed by the concepts of cause and intention. While an object is an item that is extended in time and space, and whose parts move together, an event is an object that instantiates a change, either in state, location, or both. The chapter first presents a discussion on cause. Two kinds of cause are distinguished: natural and arbitrary. While natural causality concerns the relation between a special, highly restricted set of events, arbitrary causality concerns the relation between events that are in no way special. These are explained further as well as the sense of causality and its genesis. The latter part of this chapter focuses its attention on intention, comparison of human and chimpanzee theory of mind, and instantiation and attribution of mental states.
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