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rationality bounded rationality cognitive bias analogy halo effect abduction pure reason moral reasoning evidence prediction motivation perception memory personality emotion creativity attitude anomie sensation conflict

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Emmanuel Lévinas

French philosopher

Santayana

George Santayana

Spanish-American philosopher

Godfrey Of Fontaines

French philosopher and theologian

Nathanael Culverwel

British philosopher