It’s easy to dismiss people who vote differently from us as selfish or brainwashed. But our own choices are shaped by ...

ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to describe the classical conception of rationality, i.e., to indicate the theses traditionally associated with this conception. I do not intend to discuss these ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...

Emotion, not rationality, rules our world – something policymakers should learn. So says David Brooks, who uses fiction to illustrate cognitive science It came from covering policy failures as a ...

My last post raised a lot of questions about rationality. Rather than reply to them individually, I decided to devote this column to the topic. I talk to the public a lot about economic discoveries ...