It was Kant's universal rule, guiding him at the time.
The crucial question thus is what the distinction between rule guided behavior and merely regular behavior amounts to when it comes to meaning determining rules.
Alternatively, it has been argued that therefore the late Wittgenstein did not conceive of meaningful use of language as rule guided anymore (Glüer & Wikforss 2010a).
However, this argument crucially depends on the assumption that inference is essentially rule guided, an assumption which is at least controversial (cf. Glüer & Wikforss 2010a).
Even more radically, it has been questioned whether it is even possible to draw any substantive distinction between rule guided and merely regular behavior at this fundamental level.
Aristotle took phronesis to be the capacity to know what is the right thing to do in situations of change by merging the singular and the common, i.e., the general rule guiding single action.
You're holding all these handbooks and rule guides in your hands (on nifty reminder cards, no less) and you think, How will I ever be able to remember all this, let alone use it?
At the time, none of us connected his departure to any unwritten rule guiding interactions between inmates and staff, of which there are many in prison.
These scripts, or "feeling rules," guide athletes as they manage their emotions, prompting, for instance, appropriate behaviour during pregame renditions of national anthems or during postgame victory celebrations.
The rules guide the fencer, helping create an advantage in distance and timing over the opponent and allowing the fencer to follow the most important precept of sword fighting to hit an opponent and not be hit.
