| ‘By’ - A Refutation of the Anscombe Thesis |
| Benjamin Schnieder |
| Forthcoming in Linguistics and Philosophy |
| Area 1 Philosophy of Language |
| Area 2 Philosophy of Action |
| Keywords by-locution; actions; how-explanation |
| http://phloxgroup.wordpress.com/c-papers/ |
| The paper has two main objectives: first, it presents a new argument against the so-called Anscombe Thesis (if x φ-s by ψ-ing, then x’s φ-ing = x’s ψ-ing). Second, it develops a proposal about the syntax and semantics of the ‘by’-locution. |
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