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

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 wh... Read More about What am I and what am I doing?.

G. E. M. Anscombe (2017)
Book Chapter
Wiseman, R. (2017). G. E. M. Anscombe. In D. Pritchard (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in philosophy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195396577-0330

G. E. M. Anscombe (b. 1919–d. 2001) is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant philosophers of the 20th century. Donald Davidson described her monograph Intention (see Anscombe 1957, cited under Intention) as the most important work on action... Read More about G. E. M. Anscombe.

Anscombe (2016)
Book Chapter
Wiseman, R. (2016). Anscombe. In S. Leach, & J. Tartaglia (Eds.), Consciousness and the great philosophers : what would they have said about the mind-body problem? (253-260). Routledge

The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Intention (2016)
Journal Article
Wiseman, R. (2016). The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Intention. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, 90(2), 207-227. https://doi.org/10.5840/acpq201622982

This paper examines the context in which Anscombe wrote Intention—focusing on the years 1956–1958. At this time Anscombe was engaged in a number of battles against her university, her colleagues, and, ultimately, “the spirit of the age,” which includ... Read More about The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Intention.