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Across Intention: How Everyday Practices Provide Meaning to Actions
Barreira, Ana
2024
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e-ISSN
1970-0164
Abstract
This article argues that everyday practices provide meaning to actions through intention. Therefore, it explores the concept of practices, analyzing how they can be identified in Wittgenstein’s philosophy and how their fundamental elements are incorporated by Anscombe in the investigation of intentional actions. The nature of intentional action is discussed, emphasizing that it cannot be reduced to a causal relationship between an intention in the mind and an action in the world, nor can it be defined in isolation from action itself. Drawing on concepts such as Lebensformen, language games, and tacit normativity, the paper examines intentional action, its meaning, and its role in the world. Finally, it is argued that intention operates as a tacit rule of action to be followed within a social context, structuring and adjusting action within the practices.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Ana Barreira, "Across Intention: How Everyday Practices Provide Meaning to Actions", in "Esercizi Filosofici" 19 (2024), pp. 12-27.
Languages
en
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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