Rationality and decision making : from normative rules to heuristics / edited by Marek Hetmański.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Hetmański, Marek, editor.

Series:

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 111.

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, 0303-8157 ; volume 111

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning.

Practical reason.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

xviii, 356 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2018]

Summary:

Rationality and Decision Making: From Normative Rules to Heuristics offers a broad overview of both classic and very recent discussions concerning rationality and strategies of individual and group decision making. They are considered from a methodological, ethical, sociological, historical, cultural as well as an evolutionary perspective. Decision making, both rational and irrational, is treated in its complexity as an algorithmic, heuristic and intuitive process. The authors analyze the theoretical and practical aspects of decision making in individual intentional endeavors and group or institutionalized undertakings. The analyses are mostly theoretical but they also appeal to empirical studies, proposed by philosophers and cognitive scientists who have studied logical, cognitive, biological, social and evolutionary aspects of human rationality. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Minimal Expressivism and the Meaning of Practical Rationality / María José Frápolli Frápolli, María José, Neftalí Villanueva Villanueva, Neftalí 1

2 Group Decision Making as Rational Undertaking: Rationality Attributed or Described? / Marek Hetmanski Hetmanski, Marek 23

3 It Takes Effort to be (Collectively) Rational: Group as a Reasoning Agent / Barbara Trybulec Trybulec, Barbara 54

4 Seeing What a "Science of Rationality" Founders on (with a Little Help from Donald Davidson) / Sofia Miguens Miguens, Sofia, João Alberto Pinto Pinto, João Alberto 71

5 Soft Rationality and Reticulated Universality. Reflecting on the Debate between R. Rorty and H. Putnam / Ángeles J. Perona Perona, Ángeles J. 93

6 From Volleying to Distributed Embodied Rationality / Manuel de Pinedo Pinedo, Manuel de 119

7 Psychology and the Norms of Rationality / Rui Sampaio da Silva Silva, Rui Sampaio da 139

8 Inferentialism, Rationality, and Value-driven Epistemology / Jesus Zamora-Bonilla Zamora-Bonilla, Jesus 163

9 Rational Decisions and Wise Decisions: Two Names for the Same Thing? / Agnieszka Lekka-Kowalik Lekka-Kowalik, Agnieszka 181

10 The Means-End Rationality and Constitutive Elements of Action / Monika Walczak Walczak, Monika 194

11 Moral Conditions for Methodologically Rational Decisions / Jan Franciszek Jacko Jacko, Jan Franciszek 209

12 Cognition and Rationality: Writing Straight with Crooked Lines? / António Zilhão Zilhão, António 224

13 When being Right is Not Good Enough: How Systematic Cognitive Biases Affect Decision Making Strategies / Marcin Rzadeczka Rzadeczka, Marcin 240

14 Heuristics: Daniel Kahneman vs Gerd Gigerenzer / Anna Wójtowicz Wójtowicz, Anna, Jan Winkowski Winkowski, Jan 253

15 Rationality and Psychological Accuracy of Risky Choice Models Based on Option- vs. Dimension-wise Evaluation / Joanna Sokolowska Sokolowska, Joanna 278

16 Rationality in the Material World / Marcin Trybulec Trybulec, Marcin 296

17 Neurath's Decisionism and the Earliest Reviews of Logical Empiricism / Artur Koterski Koterski, Artur 314

18 From Pure Reason to Vital Reason: A Few Remarks on Ratiovitalism by José Ortega y Gasset / Krzysztof Polit Polit, Krzysztof 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Rationality and decision making.

ISBN:

9789004357235

9004357238

OCLC:

1004255588

Publisher Number:

99976996739