225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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Recursive Coordination and Common Ground Knowledge in Humans
Coordinating in situations like getting lost at a concert involves recursive thinking about the other person's thoughts and intentions. This recursive structure is evident in joint attention observed in young infants. The ability to share attention, intentions, and mental states relies on establishing common ground knowledge, where both parties know that they both know. This level of recursive embedding is not found in chimps and other primates.
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