rationality
31Communicative rationality — Communicative rationality, or communicative reason, is a theory or set of theories which describes human rationality as a necessary outcome of successful communication. In particular, it is tied to the philosophy of Karl Otto Apel, Jürgen… …
32Faith and rationality — are two modes of belief that exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Faith is belief in inspiration, revelation, or authority. Rationality is belief based on reason or evidence.Broadly speaking, there are three categories of views… …
33The Nature of Rationality — is an exploration of practical rationality written by Robert Nozick and published in 1993. It views human rationality as an evolutionary adaptation. Its delimited purpose and function may be responsible for biases and blind spots, possibly… …
34Instrumental rationality — Two views of instrumental rationality can be discerned in modern philosophy: one view comes from social philosophy and critical theory, another comes from natural philosophy. The view from critical theory and social philosophyIn social and… …
35Bounded rationality — Some models of human behavior in the social sciences assume that humans can be reasonably approximated or described as rational entities (see for example rational choice theory). Many economics models assume that people are hyperrational, and… …
36Perfect rationality — In economics and game theory, the participants are sometimes considered to have perfect rationality: that is, they always act in a way that maximizes their utility, and are capable of arbitrarily complex deductions towards that end. They will… …
37Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — is a book written by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from 1982 to 2003. It was published in 1998, originally written in English, and subsequently translated into the Urdu and Arabic languages. The book… …
38formal rationality — As defined by Max Weber in his account of the market and economic action, this refers to the extent of impersonal quantitative calculation (that is, risk assessment) which is possible and applied in provisioning for needs. Money is the best means …
39Principle of rationality — In the context of knowledge based systems, Newell (in 1982) proposed the following principle of rationality:: If an agent has knowledge that one of its actions will lead to one of its goals, then the agent will select that action. This principle… …
40Bounded Rationality — Begrenzte Rationalität (oder eingeschränkte Rationalität) bezeichnet in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft ein Verhalten, das einerseits abgegrenzt wird von unbeschränkter Rationalität und Optimierung unter Nebenbedingungen, andererseits aber auch von… …
