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Rationality

Managing Excerptations: Adopting Appropriate Beliefs

Managing Excerptations: Adopting Appropriate Beliefs

I started my blog to kick my non-writing habit. I've now got enough material to start blocking out a book (hooray!). So while I'm doing that, I thought I'd start a small series looking at some of the books that have influenced me. "Managing expectations" is one of my least

Managing Excerptations: Rationality

Managing Excerptations: Rationality

I started my blog to kick my non-writing habit. I've now got enough material to start blocking out a book (hooray!). So while I'm doing that, I thought I'd start a small series looking at some of the books that have influenced me. "Managing expectations" is one of my least

Book Review

Book Review

I've just finished reading Keith E. Stanovich's excellent introductory text to rationality Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World I learnt a lot more than I thought I would, which is always a happy surprise. It introduced to me two views of rationality: instrumental (what to do) and epistemic