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Know-how and why self-regulation will not go away.

In the 1940s, Gilbert Ryle argued that knowing how to do something is not just a matter of being well-regulated but also a matter of self-regulation. Ryle appears to have thought that know-how requires self-regulation in both a backward-looking and forward-looking sense, but both ideas run counter t...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 201; no. 6; pp. 1 - 25
Main Author: Elzinga, Benjamin
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2023
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        Animal Intelligence
        Goal-directed behavior
        Habitual behavior
        Know-how
        Law of Effect
        Reinforcement learning
        Self-regulation
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