Intentional action and knowledge-centered theories of control

Abstract Intentional action is, in some sense, non-accidental, and one common way theorists have attempted to explain this is with reference control. The idea, short, that intentional implicates control, control precludes accidentality. But virtue of what, exactly, would exercising over an suffice make it non-accidental whatever sense required for the be intentional? One interesting prima facie plausible idea we wish explore paper requiring knowledge —either knowledge-that or knowledge-how (e.g., Beddor Pavese 2021; cf., Setiya 2008; 2012 Habgood-Coote 2018). We review detail key recent work defending such knowledge-centric theories show none these accounts holds water. conclude discussion about how opposes sort luck excludes without doing so by (that- how).