Action selection in imitation: Why do we still need the teleological stance? Commentary on ‘The teleological stance: Past, present, and future’ by Juvrud and Gredeback

Abstract

The teleological stance and natural pedagogy are integrated as a system for representing the teleological structure of novel events, including causally opaque ones. In this sense, the teleological stance allows children to build a goal hierarchy, based on which they become able to select the actions to perform.