Rationality & Commitment C

by Fabienne Peter

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 leading critic is the philosopher and Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen, who put forward a trenchant critique of rational choice theory in his seminal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287260
• ISBN13: 9780199287260
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"