Problem: large chunks of philosophy and economics are based upon wanting and liking being the same thing.
I don’t think that is true.
“Wanting” maps onto expected utility; “liking” is the reward signal—the actual utility.
That framing surely makes it seem like pretty standard economics.
There are some minor footnotes about how the reward signal can sometimes be self-generated—e.g. when you know you should have got the reward, but were just unlucky.
I don’t think that is true.
“Wanting” maps onto expected utility; “liking” is the reward signal—the actual utility.
That framing surely makes it seem like pretty standard economics.
There are some minor footnotes about how the reward signal can sometimes be self-generated—e.g. when you know you should have got the reward, but were just unlucky.