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Theoretical vs. Practical Reason (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson, with Laura Deming)

Minds Almost Meeting

CHAPTER

The Distinction Between Practical and Theoretical Reasoning

The speakers discuss the validity of the distinction between practical and theoretical reasoning, exploring different perspectives and examples to highlight the practical utility of these distinctions. They also consider different ways to characterize the distinction, including levels of abstraction and context specificity.

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