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Peter Godfrey-Smith

“In philosophical discussions of decision-making, an action is said to be instrumentally rational if it is a good way of achieving the goal that the agent is pursuing, whatever that goal might be. When assessing actions according to their instrumental rationality, we do not worry about where the goals come from or whether they are appropriate goals. We just ask whether the action is likely to achieve the outcome that the agent desires.”

Peter Godfrey-Smith, Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
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Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Peter Godfrey-Smith
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