Perception, Action and Psychic Vibes in Anscombe’s Intention

How are action and perception related? In this talk, I focus on one case: the relation as it shows up in G.E.M. Anscombe’s 1957 Intention. I assemble some archival materials which show that Anscombe was engaging with some then current psychical research. In light of these sources, I show that her notorious claim that our knowledge of what we are intentionally doing is non-observational can be given a fresh spin. I explain why this should be of interest to contemporary philosophers of mind, action and normative ethics.