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Program

Research Programs: Residential College Teacher Fellowships, 1976-1981

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 5/31/1979

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)

Are There Universal Features of Rationality? Can We Establish Any Criteria for the Rationality or Irrationality of Actions...

FAIN: FR-10111-78

Lawrence R. Ashley
SUNY Research Foundation, College at Cortland (Cortland, NY 13045-0900)

To study the feasibility of developing a general account or model of rationality. One important outcome of such an investigation would be the development of some supportable content to the notion of "rational" in such phrases as "man is a rational animal," which has broader humanistic implications.