Cohen and Levesque ([CoL90a], [CoL90b]) propose logic of "rational actions" and give a possible-worlds model interpretation to the propositional attitudes of belief and goals, defining from these the notion of intention. In this paper, I will discuss various problems with this accont and propose augmenting their logic with modality, two predicates expressing the notions of "interest" (WISH) and...

The analysis of mixed quotation proposed in Cappelen & Lepore (1997a), purportedly as a development of Davidson’s accounts of direct and of indirect quotation, is critically examined. It is argued that the analysis fails to specify either necessary or sufficient conditions on mixed quotation, and that the way it has been defended by its proponents makes its alleged Davidsonian parentage questio...