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This paper was the result of discussions held with Michael Bratman and members of the Department of Philosophy at Standford University, for which my thanks. Thanks are due as well to Duncan MacIntosh for discussion and comments on this general issue, to the University of Newcastle, Australia, for sabbatical leave allowing work on this paper, and to the Australian National University for financial support for this work.

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Mintoff, J. Rule worship and the stability of intention. Philosophia 31, 401–426 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385193

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