2 edition of Rational fictions found in the catalog.
Rational fictions
Arthur G. Kimball
Published
1968
by Linfield Research Institute in McMinnville, Or
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Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 229-238.
| Statement | by Arthur Kimball. |
| Series | Linfield studies |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS1137.B7 Z74 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | ix, 238 p. |
| Number of Pages | 238 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5600589M |
| LC Control Number | 68006990 |
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If characters Rational fictions book (or don't do) something, there must be a plausible reason. - Any factions are defined and driven into conflict by their beliefs and values, not just by being "good" or "evil".
The next answer is that there is a lot of fan-fiction based rationality writing. Go to the wiki or tvtropes (scroll down to examples and pick fan fiction) and find one from a universe you like.
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Below is a list of some fiction that’s changed my life–and the lives of many people in the years, sometime centuries. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies is a book by the economist Bryan Caplan, in which the author challenges the idea that voters are reasonable people whom society can trust to make laws.
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When it comes to reading, we may be assuming that reading for knowledge is the best reason to pick.Reading science fiction is the ultimate interactive experience," Sontag says, because when you read science fiction, "your brain begins to build a world from the ground up." "[T]his tendency [to read science fiction] is anchored in [a] love of complexity, the author's independent thinking, and an eye for elegance in any well-designed system.".
