Decision Theory and Rationality
José Luis Bermúdez
Abstract
José Luis Bermúdez
Abstract
Offering a challenging interpretation of a key theoretical tool in the human and social sciences, this accessible book argues contrary to orthodoxy in politics, economics, and management science, that decision theory cannot provide a theory of rationality.
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Offering a challenging interpretation of a key theoretical tool in the human and social sciences, this accessible book argues contrary to orthodoxy in politics, economics, and management science, that decision theory cannot provide a theory of rationality.
Key concepts: Rationality, Causal decision theory, Ecological rationality, Decision theory, Normative, Principle of rationality, Epistemology, Rational choice theory (criminology)