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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778278303321

Titolo

Rationality and commitment [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fabienne Peter and Hans Bernhard Schmid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04338-8

1-281-15449-0

9786611154493

0-19-155830-3

1-4356-1430-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PeterFabienne

SchmidHans Bernhard

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Rational choice theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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