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Cambridge University Press 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 this 1995 book, Martin Hollis respects the elegance and power of these theories but judges their paradoxes endemic. He argues that social action cannot be understood by viewing human beings as abstract individuals with preferences in search of satisfaction, nor by divorcing practical reason from questions of the rationality of norms, principles, practices and ends. These essays, focused on the themes of 'rational choice', 'roles and reasons' and 'other cultures, other minds', make the point and explore alternative approaches. Culled in revised form from twenty-five years' work, the essays range across periods and disciplines with a philosophical imagination and vivid prose, which will engage philosophers and social scientists alike.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 052144263X
Category: Books > Subjects > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Philosophy
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 07 December 1995
Listed Since: 02 February 2007

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