--- abstract: 'We outline a theory of human agency and communication and discuss the role that the capability to share (that is, intersubjectivity) plays in it. All the notions discussed are cast in a mentalistic and radically constructivist framework. We also introduce and discuss the relevant literature.' altloc: - http://www.emergingcommunication.com chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - tirassa@psych.unito.it - bosco@psych.unito.it creators_name: - family: Tirassa given: Maurizio honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Bosco given: Francesca M. honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2008 date_type: published datestamp: 2008-08-10 08:56:48 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/61/59 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Morganti given: Francesca honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Carassa given: Antonella honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Riva given: Giuseppe honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6159 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6159/1/2008intersubjectivity.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Intersubjectivity; Communication; Conversation; Dialogue; Language; Pragmatics; Meaning; Mindreading; Sharedness; Common knowledge; Intentionality; Collective intentionality; Theory of mind; Constructivism; Consciousness; Intentionality; Situated cognition; Agency; Phenomenology lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:10 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 81-95 pubdom: TRUE publication: 'Enacting intersubjectivity: A cognitive and social perspective to the study of interactions' publisher: 'Amsterdam: IOS Press' refereed: TRUE referencetext: "Airenti, G. 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