On Distinguishing Epistemic from Pragmatic Action¶
Kirsh, D., & Maglio, P. (1994). On Distinguishing Epistemic from Pragmatic Action. Cognitive Science, 18(4), 513-549.
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- Epistemic Action
- Where a pragmatic action moves the agent toward the goal, an epistemic action moves the environment into a configuration that exposes information, eliminates ambiguity, or shrinks the search space the agent must then reason over.
This sourceOriginates the epistemic/pragmatic action distinction; shows expert Tetris players physically rotate pieces in the world to read fit perceptually rather than by mental rotation.
- Where a pragmatic action moves the agent toward the goal, an epistemic action moves the environment into a configuration that exposes information, eliminates ambiguity, or shrinks the search space the agent must then reason over.
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