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Of course, no single individual is able to adhere strictly to this model of rational behaviour, but the point here is that the rational agent model assumes rationality as a general principle, and does not concern itself with empirical evidence about actual behaviour (i.e., as opposed to inferred behaviour) as to whether this assumption is actually valid.
It assumes rationality, as a goal if not an attribute, among readers.
The approach can accommodate both declarative and procedural rationality; i.e., rationality as a process and as a product of learning.
Rationality, as a form of thinking that strives to be systematic and clear about how things are or ought to be, suggests that before someone or something can be controlled or managed, they must first be defined.
The institute shares office space with the Centre for Effective Altruism, and both organizations intersect with a social movement that promotes pure rationality as a guide to moral action.
His thesis is that society is able to get along from day to day because people exercise a kind of rationality as a group that allows them (or us, rather) to handle three kinds of problems.
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This paper insists on logic and rationality, as well as open-minded thoughtfulness, in evaluating the scientific implications of a large body of interdisciplinary evidence that health researchers might not otherwise assemble to understand homeopathic remedies.
We review these and provide a broader, more encompassing perspective on environmental policy focused on transport, and taking into account bounded rationality as well as social preferences.
Much discussion of instrumental rationality has taken place in the context of a debate about whether instrumental rationality is the only kind of practical rationality or, alternatively, there are other requirements of practical rationality as well, such as requirements of prudence and morality.
For instance, it does not seem to prevent me from regarding rationality as an achievement and respecting one person as a rational agent in this sense, but not another.
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