hairyfigment comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hairyfigment 20 April 2012 11:17:12PM 5 points [-]

Philosophy sources, eg the online Stanford Encyclopedia thereof or some work on Aristotle. But I don't recommend you bother. "Formal" means a logical implication. "Final" suggests a purpose, which makes sense in the context of decision theory.