Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being rational.
- noun A rational belief or practice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, the state of corresponding to or being producible by a rational transformation or operation.
- noun The rational faculty; the power of reasoning; possession of reason; intelligence.
- noun The character of being rational; accordance with reason; reasonableness; congruity; fitness.
- noun The exercise, result, or manifestation of reason; rational principle, motive, or causation; basis in reason.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Quality or state of being
rational ; agreement withreason ; possession of reason; due exercise of reason;reasonableness . - noun
Objectivity ,considerateness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- noun the quality of being consistent with or based on logic
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Examples
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A careful reading of numerous usages of the term rationality, which need not be retraced here, suggests that this is the meaning most often implied when the term is used Simon 1976, p.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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A careful reading of numerous usages of the term rationality, which need not be retraced here, suggests that this is the meaning most often implied when the term is used Simon 1976, p.
THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988
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Moreso, I'd agree that rationality is real (otherwise, what are we talking about?)
Against Darwinism 2009
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Overall, I suspect greater intelligence and rationality is associated with lower prejudice, but not very strongly.
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First of all, I agree that a useful definition of rationality is not completely without subjective content.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Moreso, I'd agree that rationality is real (otherwise, what are we talking about?)
Against Darwinism 2009
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Well, if that were true, it seems to me that European governments -- given their vaunted rationality is such matters -- would put all below-average workers on the dole or give them early retirement and let the other half of the work force support them.
Welfare State Free Lunch?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This widens the potential number of people who can benefit from the technology because rationality is not a requirement for use.
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People's rationality is difficult to assess, and what makes behavioral economics so interesting.
Social SecurityAnalysis, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The notion that all rationality is based on intuitions is incorrect.
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