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Rationality
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TL;DR: The authors distinguishes three different senses of irrationality: unresponsiveness to incentives, deviation from narrow self-interest, and failure of rational expectations, and concludes that an intermediate position on the rationality of terrorism is appropriate.
Abstract: Terrorism in general, and suicidal terrorism in particular, is popularly seen as "irra- tional," but many economists and political scientists argue otherwise. This paper distinguishes three different senses of irrationality: unresponsiveness to incentives, deviation from narrow self-interest, and failure of rational expectations. It concludes that an intermediate position on the rationality of terrorism is appropriate. The typical terrorist sympathizer deviates only slightly from homo economicus. But active terrorists arguably stray from narrow self-interest and rational expectations, and suicidal terrorists probably violate both. Deterrence remains a viable anti-terrorism strategy, but deviations from rational expectations increase the potential of persuasion and appeasement.
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TL;DR: In a series of nine single-case studies using measures used to make systematic evaluations of delusional experiences, delusions were found to be multidimensional in character, with a marked desynchrony and lack of covariance between different aspects of delusional beliefs.
Abstract: This study describes the development and use of some measures that can be used to make systematic evaluations of delusional experiences. In a series of nine single-case studies using these measures, delusions were found to be multidimensional in character, with a marked desynchrony and lack of covariance between different aspects of delusional beliefs. The rationality of delusional thought processes is also considered with suggestions as to methods that can be used to clarify the role of objective experiences in dispersing delusional beliefs.
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01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: The Foundationalism-Coherentism Controversy as discussed by the authors has been a hot topic in the last few decades and has been studied extensively in the literature. But it has not yet been studied in the general public.
Abstract: Overview Part I. The Foundationalism-Coherentism Controversy: 1. Psychological foundationalism 2. Axiological foundationalism 3. Foundationalism, epistemic dependence, and defeasibility 4. The foundationalism-coherentism controversy: hardened stereotypes and overlapping theories Part II. Knowledge and Justification: 5. the limits of self-knowledge 6. defeated knowledge, reliability, and justification 7. The causal structure of indirect justification 8. Belief, reason, and inference 9. Structural justification Part III. Epistemic Principles and Skepticism: 10. Justification, truth and reliability 11. Causalist internalism 12. The old skepticism, the new foundationalism, and naturalized epistemology Part IV. Rationality: 13. An epistemic conception of rationality 14. Rationalization and rationality 15. The architecture of reason.
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TL;DR: This article explored the ways in which international legal texts about intervention operate at the ideological or representational level, drawing on feminist and post-colonial theories of subjectivity and identification to suggest that the desire to intervene militarily in cases of crisis is a product of the deeper narratives and flows of meaning within which texts about interventions are inserted.
Abstract: As a result of the decision by NATO to use force in response to the Kosovo crisis, issues about the legality and morality of humanitarian intervention have again begun to dominate the international legal agenda. This article explores the ways in which international legal texts about intervention operate at the ideological or representational level. It draws on feminist and post-colonial theories of subjectivity and identification to suggest that the desire to intervene militarily in cases of crisis is a product of the deeper narratives and flows of meaning within which texts about intervention are inserted. The narratives of the new interventionism create a powerful sense of self for those who identify with the hero of the story, be that the international community, the Security Council, NATO or the United States. As a result, these narratives operate not only in the realm of state systems, rationality and facts, but also in the realm of identification, imagination, subjectivity and emotion. The article explores some of the implications for international lawyers of the recognition that their arguments about intervention have effects at this personal and subjective level.
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