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Rational curves and rational singularities [PDF]
24 pages; uses Paul Taylor's diagrams.tex, see e.g.
Flenner, Hubert, Zaidenberg, Mikhail
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Rationalization is rational [PDF]
Abstract Rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts the beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. Then, people often adjust their own beliefs and desires to match the concocted ones. While many studies demonstrate rationalization, and a few theories describe its underlying cognitive mechanisms, we have
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We argue that the aesthetic domain falls inside the scope of rationality, but does so in its own way. Aesthetic judgment is a stance neither on whether a proposition is to be believed nor on whether an action is to be done, but on whether an object is to
Gorodeisky, Keren, Marcus, Eric
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In 1908 the Welsh neurologist and psychoanlayst Ernest Jones described human beings as rationalizers whose behavior is governed by "the necessity of providing an explanation." We construct a formal and testable model of rationalization in which a decision maker selects her preferred alternative from among those that she can rationalize.
Sandroni, Alvaro +2 more
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Since at least the mid-1980s claims have been made for rationality in rats. For example, that rats are capable of inferential reasoning (Blaisdell, Sawa, Leising, & Waldmann, 2006; Bunsey & Eichenbaum, 1996), or that they can make ...
Stephane, Savanah
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Immorality and Irrationality [PDF]
Does immorality necessarily involve irrationality? The question is often taken to be among the deepest in moral philosophy. But apparently deep questions sometimes admit of deflationary answers.
Brunero J. +17 more
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On the effectiveness of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns: Pan metron ariston
Background Early evaluations of the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) mandates were constrained by the lack of empirical data, thereby also limiting model sophistication (e.g., models did not take into account the endogeneity of key ...
Leonidas Spiliopoulos
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Zagzebski on Rationality [PDF]
This paper examines Linda Zagzebski’s account of rationality, as set out in her rich, wide-ranging, and important book, Epistemic Authority: A Theory of Trust, Authority, and Autonomy in Belief.
Pritchard, Duncan, Ryan, Shane
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Toward an attentional turn in research on risky choice
For a long time, the dominant approach to studying decision making under risk has been to use psychoeconomic functions to account for how behavior deviates from the normative prescriptions of expected value maximization.
Veronika Zilker +3 more
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Rational observers of rational systems [PDF]
This report is the original submission to the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held in December 2016. The proceedings of the conference contains the six page final version. The submission has 8 pages.
Nemcova, Jana +2 more
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