It seems easy to accept that rationality involves many features that cannot be summarized in terms of some straightforward formula, such as binary consistency.  However, this recognition does not immediately lead to alternative characterizations that might be regarded as satisfactory, even though the inadequacies of the traditional assumptions of rational behavior standard used in economic theo...

inappropriate use of drugs is a widespread problem with serious consequences such as increased adverse drug reaction and antimicrobial resistance. proper interventions would have important financial and public health benefits. several studies have been performed about rational drug use (rud) in iran. to provide a picture of researches were done about rud and highlight the existing gaps in pract...

This paper presents the systems and results for the Event Detection task of the TRECVid 2008 evaluation campaign. The kind of events addressed are single-actor, without requiring detailed tracking of body parts; rather the body as a whole is considered and the interaction between people is not addressed. The events thus considered are the OpposingFlow, PersonRuns and ElevatorNoEntry. For the fi...

This paper provides a sketch of a contractarian approach to punishment, according to a version of contractarianism one might call “rational contractarianism,” by contrast with the normative contractarianism of John Rawls. Rational contractarianism suggests a model according to which rational agents, with maximal, rather than minimal, knowledge of their life circumstances, would agree to the out...