On Anscombe’s Account Of Intentional Action

This paper focuses on the two main concerns of G. E. M. Anscombe’s philosophy of action and has two major aims that could probably overlap:1) giving a careful and clear presentation of how an Anscombian picture of the intentional action is depicted by virtue of some important writings of contemporary philosophers, e.g. Michael Thompson, John McDowell and Richard Moran; 2) showing why Anscombe’s account of intention in action under the interpretation of those philosophers of a new generation is better than the pervasive doctrine well articulated and developed by Donald Davidson, which is often labeled as the standard story of action.