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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?.

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.