notion of rationality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnotionandrationality
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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rationality
noun[U]
uk/ˌræʃ.ənˈæl.ə.ti/us/ˌræʃ.ənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being based on clear thought and reason, or of making decisions based on clear thought ...
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Indeed, his objections to rational choice theory seem to be aimed at materialist motivation more than at thenotionofrationality.
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We also reconsider the critique by adopting an alternative theoretical paradigm andnotionofrationalitybased on robust decision theory.
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What makes this equivocation important is that thenotionofrationalityapplies very differently in the two cases.
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I appeal to thenotionofrationalityof the agents themselves.
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To address these criticisms, some economists choose to weaken thenotionofrationality.
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We are so much attached to thenotionofrationalitythat we are always ready to repair it, but not to abandon it.
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Unguru, ultimately, was attacked by mathematicians because in his call to historicize mathematics, he seemed to be challenging a mathematical and a-historicalnotionofrationality.
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Firstly, the models often lead to outcomes that are sub-optimal because they adopt an approximatenotionofrationalityand because they do not examine the full space of possible outcomes.
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It can even be pushed so far as to be read as a challenge to our verynotionofrationality.
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It is a choice between different notions of rationality, or the role of rationality, in bioethics.
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In addition, the focus has been less on equilibria that correspond to anotionofrationalityand more on ones that would be maintained by evolutionary forces.
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Alternative notions of rationality as well as the use of knowledge instead of belief are also studied within this framework.
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In particular, this involves understanding how these processes are related to the agent's underlying notions of rationality.
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However, on some notions of rationality, such programs are themselves not rational because they simply follow a certain deterministic pre-programmed path and nothing more.
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