Rationalization: Why, when, and what for?

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43 (2020)
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In this commentary, we ask when rationalization is most likely to occur and to not occur, and about where to expect, and how to measure, its benefits.

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Rebecca Saxe
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Why do humans reason? Arguments for an argumentative theory.Dan Sperber - 2011 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34 (2):57.

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