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... behaves to advert to the be- liefs it has about the kind of behavior it produces.1 This being assumed , the following model seems overwhelmingly plausible as an account of how at least some behavior is decided on . 8. The agent finds ...
... behaves to advert to the be- liefs it has about the kind of behavior it produces.1 This being assumed , the following model seems overwhelmingly plausible as an account of how at least some behavior is decided on . 8. The agent finds ...
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... behaves or how one is disposed to behave . Behavior , and behavioral dis- position , are determined by the interactions of a variety of psychological variables ( what one believes , what one wants , what one remembers , what one is ...
... behaves or how one is disposed to behave . Behavior , and behavioral dis- position , are determined by the interactions of a variety of psychological variables ( what one believes , what one wants , what one remembers , what one is ...
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... behave ) have not only such natural languages as they may happen to have , but also a private language in which they carry out the com- putations that underlie their behavior . I think this is a fair characterization of what I have been ...
... behave ) have not only such natural languages as they may happen to have , but also a private language in which they carry out the com- putations that underlie their behavior . I think this is a fair characterization of what I have been ...
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