CKI-AIO Proposal: Logical Models for the Dynamics of Motivational Attitudes December 2006 Jan Broersen, Rosja Mastop, John-Jules Meyer, Albert Visser Abstract Our proposal concerns the investigation of logical properties of the dynamics of motivational attitudes like desires, intentions and obligations. We motivate the research from both a com- puter science and a philosophical perspective. Within the general research question we identify 4 themes that can suitably be approached in a dialectical interaction between philosophy and computer science. Contents 1 Introduction ............................... 1 2 General Research Question ....................... 2 3 Motivation ................................ 2 3.1 Motivations from Philosophy ...................... 3 3.2 Motivations from Computer Science .................. 3 4 Research themes ............................ 4 4.1 Comparing information change and motivation change ........ 5 4.2 Motivation change due to information change ............. 6 4.3 Motivation change due to norm change ................. 7 4.4 Norm change .............................. 8 5 Related Work .............................. 8 6 Guidance Plan .............................. 9 6.1 Planning ................................. 9 6.2 Research Environment ......................... 12 6.3 Supervision and Responsibilities .................... 12 7 Final words ............................... 13 1 Introduction For the purpose of this proposal, we assume that in understanding or interpreting agency, three realms play a role: the environmental realm (how things in an agent’s 1