Reason in Action: Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science
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Did Adam and Eve act rationally in eating the fruit of the forbidden tree? That can seem to depend solely on whether they had found the best means to their ends, in the spirit of the economic theories of rationality. In these essays, culled in revised form from twenty-five years' work, Martin Hollis argues that social action cannot be understood by viewing human beings as abstract individuals with preferences in search of satisfaction, or by divorcing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521447798
ISBN13:9780521447799
Release Date:January 1996
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Humanities Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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