Thank you for those examples. I think this shows that the way I used a utility function but without placing it in a ‘real’ situation, i.e. not some locked-off situation without much in terms of viable alternative actions with some utility, is a fallacy.
I suppose then that I conflated the “What can I know?” with the “What must I do?”, separating a belief from an associated action (I think) resolves most of the conflicts that I saw.
Thank you for those examples. I think this shows that the way I used a utility function but without placing it in a ‘real’ situation, i.e. not some locked-off situation without much in terms of viable alternative actions with some utility, is a fallacy.
I suppose then that I conflated the “What can I know?” with the “What must I do?”, separating a belief from an associated action (I think) resolves most of the conflicts that I saw.