University of St Andrews

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SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: TBC

Often quoted, sometimes read, rarely understood, [G.E.M.] Anscombe's Intention is nevertheless the defining moment in twentieth-century philosophy of action. So wrote David Velleman. In this module, we shall read, sometimes quote, and - if all goes well - thereby come to understand Anscombe's classic essay. We shall read it alongside other seminal essays - by Davidson, Hornsby, Thompson, and others - with a view to understanding, not only Anscombe's essay, but some of the most interesting debates in twentieth and twenty-first century philosophy of action.

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