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If some entity pushes reality into some state -- across many contexts, not just by accident -- then you could say it prefers that state. Preferences are roughly equivalent to goals and values. | If some entity pushes reality into some state -- across many contexts, not just by accident -- then you could say it prefers that state. Preferences are roughly equivalent to goals and values. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 08:58, 30 August 2009
If some entity pushes reality into some state -- across many contexts, not just by accident -- then you could say it prefers that state. Preferences are roughly equivalent to goals and values.
Preference orderings that obey some rationality axioms can be represented by a utility function.
