One objection to such a view (raised by Feldman and Buckareff [2003]) is that it appeals to something that is not necessary for the truth of the kind of explanation we are considering. One can decide on the basis of a certain desire, and citing that desire can yield a true reason-explanation of one’s decision, even if the intention that one forms in deciding is not a second-order attitude, an attitude that is about (in part) another of one’s attitudes (a certain desire). O’Connor might accept th