Full Idea
The early Davidson championed the approach that we explain the idea of having an intention by providing an account of what it is to act with an intention.
Gist of Idea
We explain an intention by giving an account of acting with an intention
Source
report of Donald Davidson (Action, Reasons and Causes [1963]) by Rowland Stout - Action 7 'Conclusion'
Book Reference
Stout,Rowland: 'Action' [Acumen 2005], p.116
A Reaction
This eliminates the distinction between a prior intention, and the intention that maintains a process such as speech. It sounds almost behaviourist.
Related Idea
Idea 20074 We can keep Davidson's account of intentions in action, by further explaining prior intentions [Davidson, by Stout,R]