Privity, Transitivity and Rationality

Measurements of Rationality: Individual Differences in Information Processing, the Transitivity of Preferences and Decision Strategies

The first goal of this study was to validate the Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) and the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) through checking their relation to the transitivity axiom. The second goal was to test the relation between decision strategies and cognitive style as well as the relation between decision strategies and the transitivity of preferences. The following characteristics of ...

Topological Transitivity and Strong Transitivity

We discuss the relation between (topological) transitivity and strong transitivity of dynamical systems. We show that a transitive and open self-map of a compact metric space satisfying a certain expanding condition is strongly transitive. We also prove a couple of results for interval maps; for example it is shown that a transitive piecewise monotone interval map is strongly transitive.

Jurisprudence and Rationality

  There are different concepts of rationality: specific rationality, normative rationality and instrumental rationality whose limitation covers the holistic rationality and represents the fate of rationality in the West. Thus following Hume reason became the slave of feelings and lost its authority for choosing the goal. In Islamic culture reason with its undeniable background in Shariah enjoy...

A difficult choice in preference theory: rationality implies completeness or transitivity but not both

Morality, Rationality and Impartiality

Morality as somehow involving rationality and impartiality received classic expression in philosophy of Kant who frankly speaks of “rational and impartial spectator” in contemplating the universal law. The overall aim of this paper is to show (1) that the idea of morality implies rationality and this will be reached at in refuting the moral scepticism; but (2) it does not necessarily indicates ...