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Paperback / softback. New. Intention is one of the masterworks of 20th-century philosophy. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to insoluble problems and must be abandoned.
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Intention is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to insoluble problems and must be abandoned. This is a welcome reprint of a book that continues to grow in importance.
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- Title Intention
- Author G. E. Anscombe
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Secon
- Pages 106
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
- Date 10/16/2000
- ISBN 9780674003996 / 0674003993
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 5.97 x 0.29 in (22.96 x 15.16 x 0.74 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress subjects Intention (Logic)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00057521
- Dewey Decimal Code 160
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Harvard University Press, October 2000. Paper Back. New. A contemporary of C.S. Lewis (and known for perhaps once prevailing over him in philosophical debate), pro-life activist in later life and mother of six, Elizabeth Anscombe's <i>Intention</i> is a philosophical classic, rightly called ''the most important treatment of action since Aristotle.'' A hefty commendation, and well warranted. But we'd be liable to misrepresentation if we didn't also add ''often quoted, sometimes read, rarely understood.'' Putting aside our (limited) philosophical vocabulary, this slim volume could be described as an appraisal of wanting as practice. In Anscombe's words, ''the wanting that interests us... is neither wishing nor hoping nor the feeling of desire, and cannot be said to exist in a man who does nothing towards getting what he wants.'' She is witty and shrewd, engaging (interpreting and adopting) both Aristotle and Wittgenstein…
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