Are stomachs rational?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (1):91-92 (2009)
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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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