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Ulysses and the Sirens: studies in rationality and irrationality
New York: Cambridge University Press (1979)
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This book, first published in 1979, is composed of studies in a descending sequence from perfect rationality, through imperfect and problematical rationality, to irrationality. Specifically human rationality is characterized by its capacity to relate strategically to the future, in contrast to the myopic 'gradient climbing' of natural selection.
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