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Work #457 · Mid

Intention

G.E.M. Anscombe
1957 · English
Analytic philosophy of action · British analytic philosophy / Catholic Wittgensteinian

Anscombe's 1957 foundational analytic-Aristotelian philosophy of action

Attribute Fingerprint

Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute Intention (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Intention

The temporal-practical time of intentional action.

Space

Intention

The agential space of action under description.

Matter

Intention

The embodied intentional agent.

Observer

Intention

The agent who acts under a description.

Energy

Intention

Energies of intentional-rational action.

Information

Intention

Analytic-Aristotelian philosophy of action.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Intention

Anscombe's non-causalism of reasons vs. Davidson's causalism — the central modern debate.