superrationality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of rational decision-making, different from the widely-accepted game-theoretical one. A player whose opponent is also superrational will cooperate in the prisoner's dilemma problem, whereas a game-theoretically rational player will defect.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superrationality.wav

Word forms

superrationality

Etymology

From super- + rationality, coined by Douglas Hofstadter.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.