On the post-Wittgensteinian critique of the concept of action in sociology

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 13 (2):129–146 (1983)
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Intention.G. E. M. Anscombe - 1957 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
The meaning of 'meaning'.Hilary Putnam - 1975 - Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science 7:131-193.
Actions, Reasons, and Causes.Donald Davidson - 1963 - Journal of Philosophy 60 (23):685.
Phenomenology of the Social World.Alfred Schutz - 1967 - Northwestern University Press.

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