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Titolo |
Rationality and commitment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fabienne Peter and Hans Bernhard Schmid |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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1-383-04338-8 |
1-281-15449-0 |
9786611154493 |
0-19-155830-3 |
1-4356-1430-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (390 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PeterFabienne |
SchmidHans Bernhard |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures, Schemata, and Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Committed Action; Part II. Rethinking Rationality; Part III. Commitment, Intentions, and Identity; Comment; Rational Choice: Discipline, Brand Name, and Substance; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's trenchant critique of rational choice theory, and propose their own answers to the question of how to account for the rationality of committed action. The volume concludes with a specially-written reply by Sen. - ;Rational choice theory forms the core of the economic approach to human behaviour. It is also the most influential philosophical account of practical rationality. Yet there are persistent controversies about the scope of rational choice theory in philosophy and, increasingly, in economics as well. A |
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