Theoretical And Practical Reason In Economics

Author : Ricardo F. Crespo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400755635
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical and Practical Reason in Economics written by Ricardo F. Crespo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues for the restoration of theoretical and practical reason to economics, presenting the ideas of Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sen, and showing they can foster a useful understanding of practical reason for solving problems in science and society.

Author : Julian Nida-Rümelin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401588147
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Rationality and Practical Reason written by Julian Nida-Rümelin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of practical rationality does not belong to one academic discipline alone. There are quite divergent philosophical, economical, sociological, psychological and politological contributions. Sometimes the disciplinary boundaries impede theoretical progress. On the other hand it is an indication for the high complexity of the subject that so many divergent paradigms compete with one another, or - what is worse - live separately in a kind of splendid isolation. Decision theory in the broader sense, embracing the theory of games and collective choice theory, can help to understand practical reason in philosophical analysis. But there are interesting aspects which cannot be dealt with adequately within a decision-theoretic conceptual framework. To have both of these convictions justifies to neglect dis ciplinary boundaries and poses a problem for the orthodoxies of either sides. All the essays of this volume focus on the relation between economic rationality and practical reason and discuss different aspects of the same problem, i. e. a basic deficiency in the standard economic theory of practical rationality. But philosophical analysis would not be of much help if it just rejected the economic paradigm. It must rather help to integrate economic aspects into a broader view on practical reason.

Author : Pierre Bourdieu
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804733632
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Reason written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work by Pierre Bourdieu develops the anthropological theory which has formed the basis of his scientific research. It discusses the problems posed by "structuralist" philosophers in order to solve or dissolve them.

Author : Thomas E. Hill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory written by Thomas E. Hill and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julian Nida-Rümelin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031173198
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Theory of Practical Reason written by Julian Nida-Rümelin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, German philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin presents a theory of practical reason that is objectivist, or rather realist, as an alternative to the widespread subjectivism in the theory of rationality. This theory has pragmatic traits that can be read as a constructive counterpart to Nida-Rümelin's critique of consequentialism whilst embedding its conception of rationality in the conceptual framework of decision and game theory.

Author : Michael Byron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521010054
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satisficing and Maximizing written by Michael Byron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Ricardo F. Crespo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319026488
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of the Economy written by Ricardo F. Crespo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a philosophical analysis of economic reality and economic science from an Aristotelian point of view. It is the result of many years of thinking and philosophical study about these topics. It differs from other philosophy of economics books as it also deals with economic reality (not only the science) and approaches its subject from an Aristotelian perspective. It differs from other Aristotelian studies about economics as it covers the whole of philosophy of the economy. This book argues why Aristotle’s thinking guarantees an appropriate interdisciplinary synthesis.

Author : Damien Bazin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351497804
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positive Ethics in Economics written by Damien Bazin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economics is often accused of being "a-ethical" - lacking a moral perspective - if not altogether immoral. Its detractors criticize economic models of pure and perfect competition, and claim that economics should be concerned with social effects and strive to be equitable. Yet, these critics fail to understand that the discipline has many dimensions. Economics has also developed a group of concerns directly related to ethics. The presence of practical ethics is evident in the economic analysis of behaviour that incorporates ethical preference, altruism, and a responsible calculation based on norms. It is fair today that economics differentiates ethics from purely financial matters, and the discipline can be associated with morality in man's daily life. Volume 14 of the distinguished "Praxiology" series, examine the concept of positive ethics in economics. While normative ethics moralizes economics, trying to render it more "just," positive ethics is first and foremost a model for the construction of theoretical economic reasoning: it reflects on ethical practices within economics, and introduces a model of reasoning that takes individual ethical behaviour and its after-effects into account. The book is divided into three parts. In "Altruism," the contributors discuss the notion of unselfish concern for the welfare of others, and its place in economic practice. In "Commitment," the authors discuss reason as being central to economic theory, as well as the position of ethical behaviour. In "Responsibility," the idea that man is not an island unto himself, but a being involved in a set of relationships, is examined. If a person is simultaneously responsible for himself and others, then how far does his responsibility extend? "Essays on Positive Ethics in Economics" is thought-provoking volume that will be of interest to economists, policymakers, philosophers, and students of ethics and morality.

Author : Fabienne Peter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191558303
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rationality and Commitment written by Fabienne Peter and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 paper 'Rational Fools'. Sen emphasizes the importance of commitment - those aspects of human behavior which dispose individuals to co-operate, follow norms, and identify with others. He argues that rational choice theory cannot accommodate commitment, and demands a more adequate account of rationality. The question of how to account for the rationality of commitment is very much an open issue and, if anything, even more pressing today than when Sen first raised it. In Rationality and Commitment, thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss Sen's claims and propose their own answers to the question of how to account for the rationality of committed action. The volume concludes with a specially-written reply by Sen, in which he responds to his critics and provides a rich commentary on the preceding essays.

Author : Benedetto Croce
Publisher : London : Macmillan and Company, limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of the Practical written by Benedetto Croce and published by London : Macmillan and Company, limited. This book was released on 1913 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work forms the third vol of the author's Filosofia come scienza dello spirito in the Italian original.