What am I and what am I doing?

Wiseman, Rachael

Abstract

There is a deep connection between Anscombe’s argument that ‘I’ is not a referring expression and Intention’s account of practical knowledge and knowledge without observation. The assumption that the so-called “no-reference thesis” can be resisted while the account of action set out in her book INTENTION is embraced is based on a misunderstanding of the argument of “The First Person” and the status of its conclusion; removing that misunderstanding helps to illuminate the concept of practical knowledge and brings into view a novel account of the relation between self-consciousness, agency, and first-person thought.

Citation

Wiseman, R. (2017). What am I and what am I doing?. Journal of Philosophy, 114(10), 536-550. https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20171141037

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 23, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 23, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 1, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Philosophy
• Print ISSN: 0022-362X
• Electronic ISSN: 1939-8549
• Publisher: Journal of Philosophy
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 536-550
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil20171141037
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1376191