意向

简介

Anscombe’s monograph of under a hundred pages appeared in 1957, the year after she had publicly opposed Oxford’s honorary degree for President Truman, whom she held responsible for the atomic bombings. Its fifty-two sections approach intention through the question “Why?”: an action is intentional under those descriptions for which this question, asking for a reason, has application. One example is a man pumping water into a house, who may at the same time be moving his arm, operating a pump and poisoning the inhabitants. Anscombe also describes the practical knowledge we have of our own actions without observation. Donald Davidson called it the most important treatment of action since Aristotle.

联系

承接了

• 尼各马可伦理学约公元前340年年 · 亚里士多德
• 哲学研究1953 · 路德维希·维特根斯坦

被承接于

• 堕胎问题与双重效应学说1967 · 菲利帕·富特
• 解释与理解1971 · 格奥尔格·亨里克·冯·赖特

被批评于

• 行动、理由与原因1963 · 唐纳德·戴维森

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