Reason and rationality [electronic resource] / Jon Elster ; translated by Steven Rendall.
2009
BC177 .E4713 2009eb
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Title
Reason and rationality [electronic resource] / Jon Elster ; translated by Steven Rendall.
Author
Elster, Jon, 1940-
Uniform Title
Raison et raisons. English
ISBN
0691139008 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691139005 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400833177 (e-book)
9780691139005 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400833177 (e-book)
Publication Details
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
79 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Call Number
BC177 .E4713 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
128/.33
Summary
"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 proposes a unified conceptual framework for the study of behavior." "Drawing on classical moralists as well as modern scholarship, and using a wealth of historical and contemporary illustrations, Reason and Rationality marks a new development in Elster's thinking while at the same time providing a brief, elegant, and accessible introduction to his work."--BOOK JACKET.
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Translated from the French.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-76).
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