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Are stomachs rational?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Elias L. Khalil
Elias L. Khalil
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia. elias.khalil@buseco.monash.edu.auwww.eliaskhalil.com
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Abstract

Oaksford & Chater (O&C) would need to define rationality if they want to argue that stomachs are not rational. The question of rationality, anyhow, is orthogonal to the debate concerning whether humans use classical deductive logic or probabilistic reasoning.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 91 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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