Intention
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Intention is a highly influential 1957 philosophical work by Elizabeth Anscombe that reshaped contemporary debates about action, intention, and practical reasoning.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Intention canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| addresses |
description-sensitivity of action explanation
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difference between intention and prediction ⓘ future-directed intentions ⓘ intention-in-action ⓘ practical reasoning and means-end reasoning ⓘ relation between intention and reasons ⓘ structure of intentional action ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ |
| centralQuestion |
In what sense are intentional actions done for reasons?
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What is practical knowledge? ⓘ What is the nature of intention? ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
intention in acting
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intention of doing something ⓘ intention with which ⓘ |
| hasPart | three essays ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most important works in 20th-century philosophy of action ⓘ |
| influenced |
analytic philosophy
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contemporary action theory ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| influencedPhilosopher |
Christine Korsgaard
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Donald Davidson ⓘ Jennifer Hornsby ⓘ John McDowell ⓘ Michael Bratman ⓘ Philippa Foot ⓘ Sebastian Rödl ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
action theory
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intention ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ practical reasoning ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Anscombean account of intention
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intentional action as action under a description ⓘ knowledge without observation in action ⓘ practical knowledge ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| publisher | Basil Blackwell ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Modern Moral Philosophy
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The Philosophy of Action (subsequent literature) ⓘ |
| usedIn |
action explanation in psychology
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ethics ⓘ legal theory of intention ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Elizabeth Anscombe