timtyler comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 20 October 2009 05:46:42PM *  1 point [-]

But suppose we abandon the beliefs/values separation: what properties do we have left? Is the concept "mind without a beliefs/values separation" Simply the concept "thing"?

An agent using UDT doesn't necessarily have a beliefs/values separation, but still has the properties of preferences and decision making. Or at least, it only has beliefs about mathematical facts, not about empirical facts. Maybe I should have made it clear that I was mainly talking about empirical beliefs in the post.

Comment author: timtyler 20 October 2009 07:09:55PM 1 point [-]

How, then, would you describe its representation of empirical information - if not as "beliefs"?