The Formalization of Practical Reasoning: An Opinionated Survey
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Example 1. Ordering a meal at a restaurant. The deliberating agent sits down in a restaurant and is offered a menu. Here, the problem is deciding what to eat and drink. Even if the only relevant factors are price and preferences about food, the number of possible combinations is very large. The reasoning may involve weighing preferences about food and drink against preferences about cost, but might well produce a decision without a general rule for reconciling all the preferences.
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