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Practical Reason, Instrumental Irrationality, and Time

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Standard models of practical rationality face a puzzle that has gone unnoticed: given a modest assumption about the nature of deliberation, we are apparently frequently briefly irrational. I explain the problem, consider what is wrong with several possible solutions, and propose an account that does not generate the objectionable result.

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  1. Philosophy Department, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA, 94117, USA

    Manuel Vargas

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Vargas, M. Practical Reason, Instrumental Irrationality, and Time. Philos Stud 126, 241–252 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-004-7787-0

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