Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780521269841
ISBN-10: 0521269849
Pagini: 206
Ilustrații: d.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0521269849
Pagini: 206
Ilustrații: d.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Preface to the revised edition; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Perfect Rationality: Beyond Gradient-Climbing: 1. Introduction; 2. The locally maximizing machine; 3. The globally maximizing machine; 4. Strategic behaviour in animals and men; 5. Functionalist explanation in sociology; Part II. Imperfect Rationality: Ulysses and the Sirens: 1. Introduction; 2. Towards a definition; 3. Pascal; 4. Descartes; 5. Inconsistent time preferences; 6. Endogenous change of preferences; 7. Precommitment in animal behaviour; 8. Abdication from power; 9. Some conclusions and further questions; Part III. Problematic Rationality: Some Unresolved Problems in the Theory of Rational Behaviour: 1. Introduction; 2. Games without solutions; 3. Lexicographic preferences; 4. Subjective probability; 5. Maximizing, satisficing and natural selection; 6. Traditional behaviour and random behaviour; 7. Explaining altruism; 8. Inconstancy; 9. Paradox; 10. And so what; Part IV. Irrationality: Contradictions of the Mind: 1. Introduction; 2. Hate; 3. Love; 4. Self-deception; References; Index.
Descriere
This book, first published in 1979, is composed of studies in a descending sequence from perfect rationality, through imperfect and problematical rationality, to irrationality.