Practical rationality and the limits of instrumentalism

I show Means/end or "instrumental" models of practical rationality maintain that an agent is rational if she is taking efficient means to secure her most important ends. According to this view, an agent's goals are not themselves open to rational assessment. Only the efficiency of mea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DePetro, Jonelle Marie
Other Authors: Lehrer, Keith
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1996
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290665