U KOJEM JE DŽEPU OCCAMOVA BRITVA?
IN WHICH POCKET IS OCCAM'S RAZOR?

Summary/Abstract: The author rejects Štulhofer's criticism of the authors article in DI 8 but takes up the discussion on epistemological problems of ethnopsychology. The roots of these he finds in the ambiguity of the term "rational", meaning "thoughttrough" and "advantageous". Self-deception, as an effect of unconscious cognitive filters, though deficient in thought, may be advantageous. To circumvent the dilemma, notions like "quasi-rational" and "meta-rational" are proposed. Distorted self- and other-judgment may occur in whole nations, sometimes in form of exaggerated self-criticism. Some examples of feasible quantitative investigations of such phenomena are given.

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