timtyler comments on Epistemic vs. Instrumental Rationality: Approximations - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Peter_de_Blanc 28 April 2009 03:12AM

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Comment author: timtyler 28 April 2009 08:24:41AM 8 points [-]

I don't like it very much. Instrumental rationality is the art and science of pursuing goals, and epistemic rationality is the special case of that where the goal is truth-seeking.