Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Anscombe's Intention by Wiseman, Rachael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Elizabeth Anscombe and Intention

Anscombe’s times Oxford philosophy Anscombe’s faith Intention’s influence Notes Suggested reading

2 Three tasks for Intention

The genesis of Anscombe’s Intention Modern moral philosophy Intended and foreseen consequences Intention with which An account of action Notes Suggested reading

3 ‘The subject under three heads’

The subject introduced under three heads The ‘connective’ approach ‘We are in the dark about the character of the concept’ (§1) What is this description for? ‘A tool for the philosophy of action’ The structure of Intention Notes Suggested reading

4 Intentional action (§§5–19)

The question ‘Why?’ (§§5–18) ‘It was involuntary’ and reason vs cause (§§5–11) Known without observation (§8) Involuntary movements (§§7–11) Intention, motive, cause, reason (§§10–14) Voluntary vs intentional actions (§§17–19) Notes Suggested reading

5 Intention with which (§§20–40)

Intentional actions, further intentions in acting, intentions for the future (§§20–21) Doing X in order to do Y (§22) Doing Y in doing X (§§23–28) Non observational knowledge? (§§29–33) Practical reasoning as ‘ordinary reasoning’ (§§33–34) The idea of logical compulsion (§33) Wanting (§§34–40) Notes Suggested reading

6 The character of the concept of intention (§§42–49)

Form of description of events (§§46–48) Diagnosing the Cartesian impulse Practical knowledge (§§28–32, §§45–48) Notes Suggested reading

7 Expressions of intention for the future (§§2–3 and §§50–52)

The place of expressions of intention for the future in Intention Species of prediction (§§2–3) ‘I am going to do it unless…’ Intention and the future Notes Suggested reading

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