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    Prior habitual weightings may be maladapted to the novel ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Deliberation assigns weights to prized qualities in the context of choice rather than taking those weights as given.

    Prior habitual weightings may be maladapted to the novel features of a new situation.

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    One might still object that this is not enough to show that practical judgment is genuinely creative. Perhaps it just takes given prizings and determines the end through some kind of vector addition, taking their weights as given. If a man is out to buy a suit, for instance, he approaches the problem with a given set of habitual priorities — for example, that durability and cheapness are more important than style. The man’s choice of suit thus merely reflects the weights of the man’s already giv

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