**Links to**: [[Sense data]], [[Embodiment]], [[Active inference]], [[05 Prediction]], [[Cognition]], [[Appearance]], [[Aesthetics]], [[Aesthesis]], [[Cognition]], [[Consciousness]], [[Self-evidence]], [[Self-consciousness]], etc. A concept mostly used to describe the social narratives employing natural language which are intended as explanations for behavior, under a so-called belief/desire/intention (BDI) schema. The expected efficacy behind this concept is that it should highlight how BDI is overly simplistic as an explanation of behavior, and often thus elusive and illusory. Deeper—often scientific, testable—explanations are sought at other levels (e.g., the molecular, neurological, electric, etc.) in order to explain motivated action, control, agency, etc.