Choice : the sciences of reason in the 21st century : a critical assessment / / Richard Harper, Dave Randall and Wes Sharrock |
Autore | Harper Richard <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 004.019 |
Soggetto topico |
Choice (Psychology)
Decision making |
ISBN | 0-7456-8390-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgements; 1 Choice: A Twenty-First Century Science?; The topic; Our goal: a view across disciplines; Who is this book for?; 2 The Origins: Choice in Economics; To be economically rational; From starting points to persons; Rational choice in general; The properties of rationality; The rationality engine for everyday life; From economic to sociological rationalities; The critique of rational choice; Causality, rational choice and rules; Conclusion; 3 An Experimental Choice; People reasoning badly: the case from behavioural economics; What methods imply
The problem of contextLanguage, rationality, experiments; Beyond language?; Nudging choice; Governing through nudging; Does economics need psychology?; Wood for the trees; Words, descriptions, explanations; Conclusion; 4 Choice in Context; Limits of rationality; Proof of reasons; Types of reasons: commitment; A sociology of rational action; Reasons in action; Weber and rational action theory; Types of reasons in contemporary sociology; Disciplining reasons; Stretching the scope of reasons; Social capital and economics; Tying the social to the rational: the case of commitment; Conclusion 5 Evolutionary ChoiceSociobiology; Choosing sociobiologically; From species to minds; Reasons and sex; The fabric of an argument: explanation and evidence; From evolution to computation; The language of misunderstanding choice: Dennett; Reasons for choices; Conclusion; 6 Modelling Choice; Economic models and the Prisoner's Dilemma; Behaviour and hypothesised models; Game theory; Types of game and types of human conduct; Games and ordinary life; Simplifying the world; Bayesian modelling; Beliefs, probables; The Bayesian perspective as a theory of learning; Conclusion 7 A New Place of Choice: The InternetInformation and human nature; Choice and human nature; From claims to evidence; From altruism to prediction from personality; Starting from a different place; Evaluating the causalities of personality; Choice within or outside the Internet; Conclusion; 8 Reasons in Action: From Philosophy to an Anthropology of Choice; Types of account; A philosophical approach to choice; Reasons and choice; Types of reason as culture; Types of reasons as material causes; Perspectives as reasonable places to look at reasons and choices; An anthropology of choice An anthropology of choiceEconomic reasoning as choices in action; Conclusion; References and Bibliography; Index; End User License Agreement |
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Harper Richard <1960-> | ||
Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Polity Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Texture : human expression in the age of communications overload / / Richard H.R. Harper |
Autore | Harper Richard <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/33 |
Soggetto topico |
Communication - Technological innovations - Social aspects
Communication - Social aspects Personal communication service systems - Social aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-89921-X
9786612899218 0-262-28947-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458748903321 |
Harper Richard <1960-> | ||
Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Texture : human expression in the age of communications overload / / Richard H.R. Harper |
Autore | Harper Richard <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/33 |
Soggetto topico |
Communication - Technological innovations - Social aspects
Communication - Social aspects Personal communication service systems - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | INFORMATION SCIENCE/Communications & Telecommunications |
ISBN |
0-262-28865-6
1-282-89921-X 9786612899218 0-262-28947-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The communications paradox -- Absence to presence -- Paradoxical delights -- Something to tell -- The seams that bind -- The texture of an expressive future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791684403321 |
Harper Richard <1960-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Texture : human expression in the age of communications overload / / Richard H. R. Harper |
Autore | Harper Richard <1960-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/33 |
Soggetto topico |
Communication - Technological innovations - Social aspects
Communication - Social aspects Personal communication service systems - Social aspects |
ISBN |
0-262-28865-6
1-282-89921-X 9786612899218 0-262-28947-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The communications paradox -- Absence to presence -- Paradoxical delights -- Something to tell -- The seams that bind -- The texture of an expressive future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828645903321 |
Harper Richard <1960-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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