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An agent's intention in performing an action
Action (philosophy)

In philosophy, action has developed into a sub-field called philosophy of action. Action is what an Agency can do.For example, throwing a ball is an instance of action; it involves an intention, a goal, and a bodily movement guided by the agent....
 is his or her specific purpose
Purpose

Purpose is the cognitive awareness in cause and Result linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate Action within a range of strategy in the process based on varying degrees of ambiguity about the knowledge that...
 in doing so, the end or goal that is aimed at, or intended to accomplish. Whether an action is successful or unsuccessful depends at least on whether the intended result
Result

A result is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively, being an advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value or simply victory....
 was brought about. Other consequences of someone's acting are called unintentional. Intentional behavior can also be just thoughtful and deliberate goal-directedness.

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G. E. M. Anscombe

G. E. M. Anscombe , born Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, but better known as Elizabeth Anscombe, was a United Kingdom Analytic philosophy....
 made the topic of intentional action a major topic of analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is a generic term for a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century. In the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, and New Zealand the overwhelming majority of university philosophy departments identify themselves as "analytic" departments....
 with her 1957 work Intention.






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An agent's intention in performing an action
Action (philosophy)

In philosophy, action has developed into a sub-field called philosophy of action. Action is what an Agency can do.For example, throwing a ball is an instance of action; it involves an intention, a goal, and a bodily movement guided by the agent....
 is his or her specific purpose
Purpose

Purpose is the cognitive awareness in cause and Result linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate Action within a range of strategy in the process based on varying degrees of ambiguity about the knowledge that...
 in doing so, the end or goal that is aimed at, or intended to accomplish. Whether an action is successful or unsuccessful depends at least on whether the intended result
Result

A result is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively, being an advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value or simply victory....
 was brought about. Other consequences of someone's acting are called unintentional. Intentional behavior can also be just thoughtful and deliberate goal-directedness.

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G.E.M Anscombe
G. E. M. Anscombe

G. E. M. Anscombe , born Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, but better known as Elizabeth Anscombe, was a United Kingdom Analytic philosophy....
 made the topic of intentional action a major topic of analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is a generic term for a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century. In the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, and New Zealand the overwhelming majority of university philosophy departments identify themselves as "analytic" departments....
 with her 1957 work Intention. She argued that intentional action was coextensive with action of which one could ask "why were you doing that?" In the sense that Anscombe meant her question, it was "refused application" by the answer "I was not aware that I was doing that," but not by "for no reason at all." Therefore Anscombe held that it was possible to act intentionally for no reason at all. She also claimed that intentional action was subject to "knowledge without observation."

Related terms

  • In the philosophy of mind
    Philosophy of mind

    Philosophy of mind is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental property, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain....
    , intentionality
    Intentionality

    The term intentionality is often simplistically summarized as "aboutness". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is "the distinguishing property of mind of being necessarily directed upon an Object , whether real or imaginary"....
     is the property of being "about" something else, or to have some subject matter, in a certain way. Many states of mind, such as thinking about the pyramid
    Pyramid

    A pyramid is a building where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of pyramids are usually quadrilateral or trilateral , meaning that a pyramid usually has four or five faces....
    s    , are characteristically about things (in this case the pyramids). Other things, such as words and paintings, can also have kinds of intentionality. Rocks and tables, in general, do not have intentional states.

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