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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

20072	We explain an intention by giving an account of acting with an intention [Davidson, by Stout,R]
	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.
	From: report of Donald Davidson (Action, Reasons and Causes [1963]) by Rowland Stout - Action 7 'Conclusion'
	A reaction: This eliminates the distinction between a prior intention, and the intention that maintains a process such as speech. It sounds almost behaviourist.