Behaviour change (earlier: "persuasive") technologies are informed and partly explained by various psychological behavioural theories (papers by Fogg, Hekler, Carver...). On the other hand, in the philosophy of mind there is ongoing discussion of various attitudes, including the "paradigmatic pair": beliefs desires, which are supposedly distinguished by their opposite "direction of fit", and also by their revision conditions (Humberstone, Archer...). Apparently, the two lines of research are relevant to each other. Surprisingly, I have not been able to identify any work which would explicitly admit this and make use of the similarities. Is anybody aware of such source?
Mind the Theoretical Gap: Interpreting, Using, and Developing Behavioral Theory in HCI Research Eric B. Hekler, Predrag Klasnja, Jon E. Froehlich, Matthew P. Buman
The Technology of Mind and a New Social Contract
Bill Hibbard
Journal of Evolution and Technology - Vol. 17 Issue 1 – January 2008 - pgs 13-22
http://jetpress.org/v17/hibbard.html
Purpura, S., Schwanda, V., Williams, K., et al. (2011). Fit4Life: The design of a persuasive technology promoting healthy behavior and ideal weight. CHI’11, 423-432.
Article Investigating the Perceptions of Care Coordinators on Using ...
Book The age of perversion: Desire and technology in psychoanalys...
Thanks, Beatrice. I know Hekler's "Mind the Gap". I am also aware that CHI series is indeed a good place to investigate. I will look into two other papers pointed by you (the provided link does not work...). However, neither Hekler, nor others (Fogg, Carver, Simons 2016, etc.) seem to address my specific problem. To reiterate: I am looking for any cases in which psychological theories normally used to inform/explain behaviour change refer to, or are referred to by philosophical approaches/theories about direction of fit and revision conditions for attitudes of the belief / desire kind.
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