Rationality

Rationality is the quality or state of being reasonable, based on facts or reason. Rationality implies the conformity of one's beliefs with one's reasons to believe, or of one's actions with one's reasons for action. "Rationality" has different specialized meanings in economics, sociology, psychology, evolutionary biology, and political science.

Determining optimality for rational behavior requires a quantifiable formulation of the problem, and making several key assumptions. When the goal or problem involves making a decision, rationality factors in how much information is available (e.g. comp ...more

Rationality Books

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making

Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck

Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

Quantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott Aaronson

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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118 books — 22 voters

Black-and-White Thinking by Kevin Dutton

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe by Steven Novella

The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

Becoming More Rational

18 books — 1 voter

The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray

The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke

155 books — 59 voters

The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David Abraham

Manifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl Marx

Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, Moscow

Economic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph Stalin

Planned Economies - Socialism

18 books — 2 voters

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Pre-Teen Genius

7 books — 4 voters

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel

Heterodox Bookclub

5 books — 2 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Rationality”

“ Had reason ever created a poem, or a symphony, or a painting? If rationality can’t see things like the secret commonwealth, it’s because rationality’s vision is limited. The secret commonwealth is there. We can’t see it with rationality any more than we can weigh something with a microscope: it’s the wrong sort of instrument. We need to imagine as well as measure ... ”
― Philip Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth

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“ My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone. ”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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