Reason and Rationality

by Jon Elster

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691139008
• ISBN13: 9780691139005
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.1"