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  2. Logic and rationality - Wikipedia

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    As the study of argument is of clear importance to the reasons that we hold things to be true, logic is of essential importance to rationality. Arguments may be logical if they are "conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity", [1] while they are rational according to the broader requirement that they are based on reason and knowledge.

  3. Parasocial contact hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    A 2020 meta-analysis by Banas, et al., included 79 cases and concluded that “positive mediated contact decreased [prejudice] (r = −.23; 95% CI, −.29 to −.17), whereas negative mediated contact increased prejudicial attitudes (r = .31; 95% CI, .24 to .38).” [25] When comparing parasocial and vicarious contact, the meta-analysis found ...

  4. Cognitive bias - Wikipedia

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    Prejudice – Attitudes based on preconceived categories; Presumption of guilt – Presumption that a person is guilty of a crime; Rationality – Quality of being agreeable to reason; Systemic bias – Inherent tendency of a process to support particular outcomes

  5. Cognitive synonymy - Wikipedia

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    If a word is cognitively synonymous with another word, they refer to the same thing independently of context.Thus, a word is cognitively synonymous with another word if and only if all instances of both words express the same exact thing, and the referents are necessarily identical, which means that the words' interchangeability is not context-sensitive.

  6. Communicative rationality - Wikipedia

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    According to Habermas, the "substantive" (i.e. formally and semantically integrated) rationality that characterized pre-modern worldviews has, since modern times, been emptied of its content and divided into three purely "formal" realms: (1) cognitive-instrumental reason; (2) moral-practical reason; and (3) aesthetic-expressive reason.

  7. US Supreme Court rejects tobacco firms' appeal over graphic ...

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether federally mandated warnings on cigarette packs that graphically illustrate the health risks of smoking violate the ...

  8. Bias - Wikipedia

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    Prejudice is prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of gender , political opinion, social class , age , disability , religion , sexuality , race / ethnicity , language , nationality ...

  9. 'Pretty Woman' star Richard Gere initially turned down ... - AOL

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    Richard Gere almost did not take the role in the iconic film "Pretty Woman.". Gere, 75, who played opposite Julia Roberts in the romantic comedy, shared why he did not connect with the script at ...