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Rationality

Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason. In this regard, a person acts rationally if they have a good reason for what they do, or a belief is rational if it is based on strong evidence. This quality can apply to an ability, as in a rational animal, to a psychological process, like reasoning, to mental states, such as beliefs and…

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Rationality

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related to Further reading · 82
Rationality → Alianza Editorial, Anand, Beyond, Blackwell Publishing, Byrne, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University PressCristina Bicchieri, Cite, CiteSeerX, Communicative Action Volume, Concise Companion, Coordination, Cristina Bicchieri, Critiques, Croatian Journal, Deduction, Eagleton, Econometrica, Economics
related to Based on goals · 16
Rationality → According, David Hume, For, Hume's, Immanuel Kant, In, Kant, One, Practical, Richard Brandt, So, The, These, They, This, William Frankena
related to Normativity · 16
Rationality → But, For, In, It, John Broome, Many, Most, One, Others, So, Some, The, These, This, Understood, What
related to Psychology · 16
Rationality → An, Bayesian, But, Cognitive, Dunning, Each, Examples, In, Kruger, Many, One, Some, The, The Wason, They, Various
related to Based on rules of coherence · 15
Rationality → According, An, Coherence-based, Diverse, Euclidean, For, In, It, Negative, On, Other, Positive, Solar System, The, This
related to Internalism and externalism · 15
Rationality → An, Because, Bernard Williams, Both, Externalists, For, Ideally, In, Internalists, Motivational, On, So, The, They, This
related to Decision theory · 14
Rationality → According, An, Decision, Decisions, Each, From, However, It, One, So, The, This, Utility, While
related to Individual and social · 13
Rationality → And, But, For, However, In, Most, On, Or, Some, These, This, Various, Wason
related to Based on reason-responsiveness · 12
Rationality → An, Because, But, For, In, Instead, John Broome, So, Some, The, These, This
related to Conservatism and foundationalism · 12
Rationality → According, Agra, An, Another, Examples, For, In, One, Reasoning, Some, Taj Mahal, This

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Rationalityis aquality of being guided by or based on reason0.90text
Rationalityis aquality of being guided by reasons or being reasonable0.90text
Rationalityis amatter of what would survive scrutiny by all relevant information0.90text
Rationalityis atheoretical matter0.90text
Rationalityis acore assumption of game theory0.90text
Rationalityis amatter of being logically consistent within your preferences and beliefs0.90text
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Rationalityrelated to Artificial intelligenceWithin0.60section
Rationalityrelated to Artificial intelligenceUtility0.60section
Rationalityrelated to Artificial intelligenceIn0.60section
Rationalityrelated to Artificial intelligenceAn0.60section
Rationalityrelated to Based on goalsIn0.60section

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