Roger Teichmann is lecturer in philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and a leading authority on the work of Elizabeth Anscombe.

Introduction; Part I: Mind Chapter One The Functionalist's Inner State; Chapter Two 'Not a Something'; Chapter Three Sincerity in Thought; Chapter Four Is Pleasure a Good?; Part II: Action Chapter Five The Voluntary and the Involuntary: Themes from Anscombe; Chapter Six Rational Choice Theory and Backward- Looking Motives; Chapter Seven Meaning, Understanding and Action; Chapter Eight Why 'Why?'? Action, Reasons and Language; Part III Ethics Chapter Nine Ethics and Philosophy: Aristotle and Wittgenstein Compared; Chapter Ten 'How Should One Live?' Williams on Practical Deliberation and Reasons for Acting; Chapter Eleven 'An Inculcated Caring': Ryle on Moral Knowledge; Chapter Twelve Are There Any Intrinsically Unjust Acts?; Part IV Language Chapter Thirteen The Identity of a Word; Chapter Fourteen Ryle on Hypotheticals; Chapter Fifteen Metaphysics and Modals; Chapter Sixteen Conceptual Corruption; Sources; Index.