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I thought that "want" was dissected sufficiently to make that distinction testable a while back.
Of course, not everyone is consistent with their approval, or at least I'd think it's difficult to extract preferences without people signalling all over them, but I personally identify with my approval rather than with my wanting.
(edited to remove poor use of "dissolved")
That isn't dissolved. Reduced and described in detail perhaps but 'dissolved' ideas are the kind that aren't even used at all once you are done thinking them through.
I agree that I'm using dissolved a bit wrong; I wrote the comment fairly late. What I meant was that the concept of "wanting" has been specified to the extent that the difference between akrasia and signaling was a practical question with actual predictive differences.
I'll go back and edit the parent to specify better when I have the chance.
Yes, I think I agree with your main point.