pdf23ds comments on Rationalization - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 September 2007 07:29PM

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Comment author: pdf23ds 30 September 2007 10:04:01PM 1 point [-]

Of course, in an etymological sense, "rationalization" doesn't seem so odd. "Reason" means both logic and motivation. Those two concepts are conflated in the word and related words, and "rationalization" is simply formed from "rationale". (Actual etymologists, or users of Google, may feel free to correct me.)