The paper sketches the role of reasons and intentions in leading to action with an intention, explaining the way possession of rational powers transforms the formation of intentions. Part One explains how when humans act with an intention they act in the belief that there is value in the action. Part Two explains the relative role of value and intention in “producing” the action, and relates their role to that of motivation
I am very grateful to the editors of Jurisprudence for proposing this symposium, and to Maria Alvare...
It is often taken for granted that our desires can contribute to what it is rational for us to do. T...
In Western thought, the concept of intention is fundamental to our understanding of human behaviour....
The paper sketches the role of reasons and intentions in leading to action with an intention, explai...
What is the role of intentions in the actions intended? What do they contribute, and how do they con...
This thesis defends an unusual view within the philosophy of intention: that there are reasons for i...
The conventional view is that a result is intended if it is motivationally significant - i.e., if it...
A thesis familiar by being as often disputed as defended has it that intentional action is action fo...
This chapter presents Davidson’s account of intentional action and intention. Davidson initially dis...
There is an influential conception of intentional agency in terms of just beliefs and desires. And t...
I will provisionally take the Guise of the Good thesis to consist of three propositions: (1) Intenti...
We are inclined to think that an agent must have some intention when his bodily movement is an act. ...
While much has been written about the functional profile of intentions, and about their normative or...
Intentional actions are those which are performed because the subject sees something tobe said for p...
Philosophers and scientists interested in Artificial Intelli-gence emphasize the role of intention i...
I am very grateful to the editors of Jurisprudence for proposing this symposium, and to Maria Alvare...
It is often taken for granted that our desires can contribute to what it is rational for us to do. T...
In Western thought, the concept of intention is fundamental to our understanding of human behaviour....
The paper sketches the role of reasons and intentions in leading to action with an intention, explai...
What is the role of intentions in the actions intended? What do they contribute, and how do they con...
This thesis defends an unusual view within the philosophy of intention: that there are reasons for i...
The conventional view is that a result is intended if it is motivationally significant - i.e., if it...
A thesis familiar by being as often disputed as defended has it that intentional action is action fo...
This chapter presents Davidson’s account of intentional action and intention. Davidson initially dis...
There is an influential conception of intentional agency in terms of just beliefs and desires. And t...
I will provisionally take the Guise of the Good thesis to consist of three propositions: (1) Intenti...
We are inclined to think that an agent must have some intention when his bodily movement is an act. ...
While much has been written about the functional profile of intentions, and about their normative or...
Intentional actions are those which are performed because the subject sees something tobe said for p...
Philosophers and scientists interested in Artificial Intelli-gence emphasize the role of intention i...
I am very grateful to the editors of Jurisprudence for proposing this symposium, and to Maria Alvare...
It is often taken for granted that our desires can contribute to what it is rational for us to do. T...
In Western thought, the concept of intention is fundamental to our understanding of human behaviour....