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

20076

An intending is a judgement that the action is desirable [Davidson]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions

20024

Davidson gave up reductive accounts of intention, and said it was a primitive [Davidson, by Wilson/Schpall]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions

5009	We do not praise the acts of an efficient automaton, as their acts are necessary [Descartes]

5008	The greatest perfection of man is to act by free will, and thus merit praise or blame [Descartes]