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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Do you know what economists mean when they refer to you as a "rational agent"? Or why a psychologist might label your idea a "creative insight"? Or how a philosopher could be logical but also passionate in persuading you to obey "moral imperatives"? Or why scientists disagree about the outcomes of experiments comparing drug treatments and disease risk factors? After reading this book, you will be wiser in two ways: You will know how the best and...
Series
Vancouver studies in cognitive science volume Volume 7
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality to explain behavior. In place of these approaches, Elster...