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Question What is an irrational action?

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October 18, 2005

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Richard Heck

October 26, 2005 (changed October 26, 2005) Permalink

There could be several different sorts of irrational action. Some actions might be irrational in the strong sense that the actor did not have much approaching a reason for the act. The person might "just be reacting". Another possibility would be actions for which the actor has reasons but for which s'he does not have anything approaching a good reason. In this case, one might act contrary to reason, and such an action might reasonably be called "irrational".

A really good answer to this question would need more context.

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