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From: herb@uwvax.UUCP (Benington Herb)
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Subject: Re: rational behavior
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 14:01:56 EST
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Summary: logical and rational

As I have been reading messages on the Paradox and on rational behaviour,
I am reminded of a statement which I read many years ago which defined
a logical mind.  Since I was studying mathematics and engineering at the time
at MIT, it struck me as somewhat whimsical but it has continued to appeal
and comfort me.  In a book whose name I have forgotten, the psychiatrist
Otto Fenichel wrote:

	"A logical mind is tolerant of tension, capable of
	 postponement, rich in countercathexis, and ready
	 to judge reality on the basis of its own experience."

Since I consider the quality of "logic" to be more demanding and
constaining than the quality of "rationality, I would be interested
to hear reactions on the paradox from those more experienced and
urgently challenged than I am.