Minimal Rationality
Author: Cherniak, Christopher
ISBN: 9780262530873
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Mar 1990
Pages: 171
Format: Paperback / softback
In i>Minimal Rationality/i>, Christopher Cherniak boldly challenges the myth of Man the the Rational Animal and the central role that the "perfectly rational agent" has had in philosophy, psychology, and other cognitive sciences, as well as in economics. His book presents a more realistic theory based on the limits to rationality which can play a similar generative role in the human sciences, and it seeks to determine the minimal rationality an actual agent must possess.
ISBN: 9780262530873
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 14 Mar 1990
Pages: 171
Format: Paperback / softback
In i>Minimal Rationality/i>, Christopher Cherniak boldly challenges the myth of Man the the Rational Animal and the central role that the "perfectly rational agent" has had in philosophy, psychology, and other cognitive sciences, as well as in economics. His book presents a more realistic theory based on the limits to rationality which can play a similar generative role in the human sciences, and it seeks to determine the minimal rationality an actual agent must possess.
