Completion depends on the action named. Replacing a part can occur without restoring operation; a missing result neither selects its cause nor erases an attempt.
Questions explored
Does attempting equal completion?
No. A method applied can be an attempt although its intended completion did not occur.
Does failure erase actions?
No. Narrow completed actions remain; the overall outcome is a separate question.
What does the four-question record provide?
A precise account of one safe case, without guaranteeing success, diagnosing or assessing worth.
Key distinctions
Intention concerns a future and does not establish that execution began. (United Wisdom)
Haven distinguishes choice from executive volition and does not equate its completeness with effort’s success. (Haven WillI)
A removed part and an operational door are different descriptions of completion. (United Wisdom, fictional scene)
Results need checking under a stated condition; one trial guarantees no future. (United Wisdom)
Aristotle III2–3 distinguishes a desired end from chosen achievable participation. (Aristotle III2–3)
Limits of interpretation
- Scene fictional, not observation or experiment.
- Historical positions used narrowly; whole-book reading, universal mechanism and legal standard not claimed.
- Practice voluntary; safety and appropriate professional support not replaced.
- Quotation literals only in reader blocks.
Sources
- Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will — Joseph Haven
Metadata and selected primary3554–3583,3601–3622 actually read; fresh full quote contexts3617–3625 exposed/read. Not entire chapter/book.
Source use: UNKNOWN
- Nicomachean Ethics — Aristotle; W.D.Ross translator
Selected complete exposed III1–3 web26–80 read in overlapping views; III2–3 used. Not entire book/work.
Source use: UNKNOWN