Nathan Hauthaler (Duke University): Publications - PhilPeople

Duke University
Global Studies

Assistant Professor of The Practice
Duke Kunshan University

Lecturer In Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
PRRUCS

John & Daria Barry Foundation Fellow

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Areas of Interest

Philosophy of Action

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Strong cognitivist weaknesses
Analytic Philosophy 64 (2): 161-176. 2023.

Marušić & Schwenkler (Analytic Philosophy, 59, 309) offer a simple and elegant defense of strong cognitivism about intention: the view that an intention to φ is a form of belief that one will φ. I show that their defense fails: however simple and elegant, it fails to account for various aspects about intention and its expression, and faces distinctive challenges of its own, including a dilemma and counterexample. These also undermine Marušić & Schwenkler's claim to a best-explanation type of acc…Read more
Marušić & Schwenkler (Analytic Philosophy, 59, 309) offer a simple and elegant defense of strong cognitivism about intention: the view that an intention to φ is a form of belief that one will φ. I show that their defense fails: however simple and elegant, it fails to account for various aspects about intention and its expression, and faces distinctive challenges of its own, including a dilemma and counterexample. These also undermine Marušić & Schwenkler's claim to a best-explanation type of account and recommend alternatives to strong cognitivism altogether.