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  2. Irrationalism - Wikipedia

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    Since the term irrationalism is often used as a derogatory accusation to criticize other positions as unreasonable, unscientific and thus wrong, it is controversial as a scientific category, especially in individual cases. Otherwise, however, the term is often used unspecifically and - like its counterpart, rationalism - in very different meanings.

  3. Irrationality - Wikipedia

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    Irrationality is cognition, thinking, talking, or acting without rationality.. Irrationality often has a negative connotation, as thinking and actions that are less useful or more illogical than other more rational alternatives.

  4. Cognitive distortion - Wikipedia

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    Examples of some common cognitive distortions seen in depressed and anxious individuals. People may be taught how to identify and alter these distortions as part of cognitive behavioural therapy. John C. Gibbs and Granville Bud Potter propose four categories for cognitive distortions: self-centered , blaming others , minimizing-mislabeling ...

  5. Absurdity - Wikipedia

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    For example, "existence is a being" or, "a being is existence". These absurdities are typical of scholastic philosophy according to Hobbes. "Combining the name of a body with the name of a phantasm." For example, "a ghost is a body". "Combining the name of a body with the name of a name." For example, "a universal is a thing".

  6. Predictably Irrational - Wikipedia

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    To illustrate, State Farm's slogan, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," provides an example where companies are trying to connect with people on a social level in order to gain trust and allow the customer to overlook minor infractions. The author concludes that "money, as it turns out, is the most expensive way to motivate people.

  7. The Power of Unreasonable People - Wikipedia

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    The title of the book is based on a quote from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

  8. Dave Ramsey went on a rant about 3 'illogical' money ... - AOL

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    Across 32 years of giving people financial advice on the airwaves, Dave Ramsey has probably seen it all. But on an episode of "The Ramsey Show" earlier this year, he called out financial mistakes ...

  9. Faulty generalization - Wikipedia

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    It is similar to a proof by example in mathematics. [1] It is an example of jumping to conclusions. [2] For example, one may generalize about all people or all members of a group from what one knows about just one or a few people: If one meets a rude person from a given country X, one may suspect that most people in country X are rude.