Intentional Action and Intending: Recent Empirical Studies

Author: McCann, Hugh J.

Source: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 18, Number 6, Number 6/December 2005 , pp. 737-748(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Recent empirical work calls into question the so-called “Simple View” that an agent who A's intentionally intends to A. In experimental studies, ordinary speakers frequently assent to claims that, in certain cases, agents who knowingly behave wrongly intentionally bring about the harm they do; yet the speakers tend to deny that it was the intention of those agents to cause the harm. This paper reports two additional studies that at first appear to support the original ones, but argues that in fact, the evidence of all the studies considered is best understood in terms of the Simple View.

Keywords: Experimental Philosophy; Intention; Intentionality; Joshua Knobe; Simple View

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09515080500355236

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