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
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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
Rationality
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Thinking and Deciding
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Extreme Economies by Richard DaviesThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtSo You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon RonsonThe Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel
Heterodox Bookclub
5 books — 2 voters
The Oxford Handbook of Rationality by Alfred R. MeleObliquity by John KayUlysses and the Sirens by Jon ElsterThe Limits of Rationality by Karen Schweers CookRationality in Action by John Rogers Searle
Rationality
100 books — 3 voters

Black-and-White Thinking by Kevin DuttonThe Skeptics' Guide to the Universe by Steven NovellaSuper Thinking by Gabriel WeinbergEscaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick WestThe Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
Becoming More Rational
18 books — 1 voter
The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by David AbrahamManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxConstitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Kremlin, MoscowAnti-Dühring by Friedrich EngelsEconomic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. by Joseph Stalin
Planned Economies - Socialism
18 books — 2 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHarry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer YudkowskyBioterror! by Laurence E. DahnersArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferWood Sprites by Wen Spencer
Pre-Teen Genius
7 books — 4 voters
Science and Spiritual Practices by Rupert SheldrakeTaoTuning by Adrian EmeryBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyThe Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula Goodenough
Spiritual Naturalism
126 books — 53 voters

Max Horkheimer
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own making. When called upon to act independently, we cry for patterns, systems, and authorities. If by enlightenment and intellectual progress we mean the freeing of man from superstitious belief in evil forces, in demons and fairies, in blind fate--in short, the emancipation from fear--then denunciation of what is currently called reason is the greatest service reason can r ...more
Max Horkheimer, Eclipse of Reason

Eliezer Yudkowsky
I have no great fondness for the universe, but I do live there
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

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