?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mental+states+in+communication&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Abstract.+This+paper+is+concerned+with+the+mental+processes+involved+in+intentional+communication.+I+describe+an+agent's+cognitive+architecture+as+the+set+of+cognitive+dynamics+(i.e.%2C+sequences+of+mental+states+with+contents)+she+may+entertain.+I+then+describe+intentional+communication+as+one+such+specific+dynamics%2C+arguing+against+the+prevailing+view+that+communication+consists+in+playing+a+role+in+a+socially+shared+script.+The+cognitive+capabilities+needed+for+such+dynamics+are+midreading+(i.e.%2C+the+ability+to+reason+upon+another+individual's+mental+states)%2C+and+communicative+planning+(i.e.%2C+the+ability+to+dynamically+represent+and+act+in+a+communicative+situation).&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3554%2F1%2F1997-Communication.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(1997)+Mental+states+in+communication.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3554%2F