The current study takes a holistic view of cross-species comparative research and investigates the dissemination of the term intention as representative of the so-called "cognitive revolution." All references from 641 articles, published from 1948 to 2017, are used to analyze a citation network. The analysis visualizes and identifies prominent articles in the scientific debate and locates them structurally on a map. Each article is categorized in terms of the school of thought, its position within the discourse (e.g., opposing, supporting), the order of intentionality (e.g., 1st or 2nd order), and the species under consideration. By using a mixed-methods approach, which combines qualitative and quantitative methods, we identified 2 divergent schools of thought (psychological/philosophical and biological/behavioristic). Both schools introduced intention mostly independently from each other and show little overlap in citation habits. Both notions of intention have influenced comparative science until today. However, although the term finds limited application in various schools, only in connection with more cognitive approaches has it enjoyed a successful career, as indicated by the increasing number of articles in which it is used. Most controversy does not surround the concept of intention itself but its order. Furthermore, taking account of which species are investigated could reveal a pronounced primate bias in past discourse. Articles on nonprimate species using the term intention in the cognitive sense are markedly outnumbered by those on primates. The study reminds comparative psychologists of the importance to integrate a historical perspective into current debates, to avoid "speciesism" and talking past each other. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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传播意图：术语在跨物种比较科学中的传播方式。

当前的研究从跨物种比较研究的整体观点出发，并研究了意向一词作为所谓“认知革命”的代表的传播。从1948年至2017年发布的641篇文章中的所有参考文献都用于分析引文网络。该分析将科学辩论中的著名文章可视化并加以标识，并在结构上将它们定位在地图上。每篇文章都按照思想流派，其在话语中的位置（例如，反对，支持），意向性顺序（例如，第一或第二顺序）以及所考虑的物种进行分类。通过使用结合了定性和定量方法的混合方法，我们确定了两种不同的思想流派（心理学/哲学和生物学/行为主义）。两家学校的意图意向大多彼此独立，在引用习惯上几乎没有重叠。直到今天，两种意图的观念都影响了比较科学。但是，尽管该术语在各种学校中的应用受到限制，但仅在与更多的认知方法相关的情况下，它才享有成功的职业，这是因为使用该术语的文章数量越来越多。最有争议的不是意图本身的概念，而是它的顺序。此外，考虑到调查了哪个物种，在过去的论述中可能会显示出明显的灵长类偏见。在认知意义上使用意向一词的非灵长类动物的文章明显多于灵长类动物的文章。该研究提醒比较心理学家，将历史观点纳入当前的辩论中以避免“种属主义”和彼此交谈的重要性。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。