Practical Mistakes and Intentional Actions

American Philosophical Quarterly 43 (3):249 - 260 (2006)
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Sometimes we forget to do what we intended to do. For example, we intend to buy some milk on the way home from work, but we forget and drive home, as usual. In situations of this kind, what do we do unintentionally and what do we do intentionally? That is this article's guiding question.

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