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Zusatztext The collection as a whole is very interesting and thought-provoking ... One particularly fruitful feature of the volume is that there is a great deal of emphasis on uncovering different ways of seeing things Klappentext Thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's trenchant critique of rational choice theory, 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. Zusammenfassung Thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's trenchant critique of rational choice theory, 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Rational Fools, Rational Commitments: An Introduction Part I. Committed Action 1: Amartya Sen: Why Exactly is Commitment Important for Rationality? 2: Philip Pettit: Construing Sen on Commitment 3: Daniel Hausman: Sympathy, Commitment, and Preference Part II. Rethinking Rationality 4: Herlinde Pauer-Studer: Instrumental Rationality Versus Practical Reason: Goals, Ends, and Commitment 5: Geoffrey Brennan: The Grammar of Rationality 6: Werner Güth and Hartmut Kliemt: The Rationality of Rational Fools: The Role of Commitments, Persons and Agents in Rational Choice Modelling 7: Bruno Verbeek: Rational Self-commitment 8: Simon Gächter and Christian Thöni: Rationality and Commitment in Voluntary Cooperation: Insights from Experimental Economics Part III. Commitment, Intentions, and Identity 9: Hans Bernhard Schmid: Beyond Self-goal Choice: Sen's Analysis of Commitment and The Role of Shared Desires 10: Raimo Tuomela: Cooperation and the We-perspective 11: Margaret Gilbert: Collective Intentions, Commitment and Collective Action Problems 12: Robert Sugden and Natalie Gold: Theories of Team Agency 13: John Davis: Identity and Commitment: Sen's Conception of the Individual Rational Choice: Discipline, Brand Name and Substance ...
