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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.