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As readers of Aristotle&rsquo\;s ethics know\, his theory of practical reasoning holds that the aim\, end\, or goal of practical reasoning is acting well (eupraxia).  \;However\, in another\, less often discussed set of comments\, Aristotle also holds that the ergon &ndash\; the basic function or characteristic activity &ndash\; of all rational capacities is to be concerned with &ldquo\;the true and the false&rdquo\;\; that our capacity for practical reasoning should be classified as a doxastic capacity\, that is\, a capacity for forming beliefs\; that practical wisdom (phronê\;sis) is a rational state in which we grasp the truth\; and that what makes practical reasoning distinct from other kinds of reasoning is its concern for a special kind of truth\, namely\, &ldquo\;practical truth.&rdquo\;  \;So we might wonder: What is the relationship between practical reason's concern for the truth and its aim of acting well\, on an Aristotelian picture?  \;I will argue that the answer lies\, in part\, in a provocative Aristotelian account of rational action\, according to which rational actions are attempts to fit ourselves and our activities to the world.

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