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    It is not the case that Anscombe's foundational treatment of intention in 'Intention' (1957) grounds the concept in the agent's practical knowledge of what they are doing, not what others will do.

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    • 1.Most human intentions essentially involve expectations about how others will respond to our actions.
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    • 2.Social intentions like promising or commanding logically require beliefs about others' uptake, not just self-knowledge.
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    • 3.Practical knowledge of 'what I'm doing' presupposes background understanding of social norms others share and enforce.
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    • 1.Agents have direct, non-inferential access to their own intentional actions in a way they lack for others' responses.
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    • 2.Grounding intention in practical knowledge avoids the problem of infinite regress from trying to predict others' behavior.
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    • 3.The first-person perspective on intention is epistemically privileged and should anchor philosophical analysis.
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