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Abstract Often times we find ourselves wrestling with the urge to commit a non-rational action. When this happens, we are quite good at adopting quasi-beliefs that, if true, would make… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Often times we find ourselves wrestling with the urge to commit a non-rational action. When this happens, we are quite good at adopting quasi-beliefs that, if true, would make the action rational. In other words, rationalization often occurs antecedent to a behavioral choice. A complete account of the evolutionary history of rationalization must include antecedent rationalization.
Keywords:
antecedent rationalization;
prior action;
rationalization;
rationalization rationalization;
rationalization prior;
action
Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2020
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