Rationality

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Simple heuristics in a social world

Abstract: Contents Part I The Research Agenda 1. Simple Heuristics: The Foundations of Adaptive Social Behavior Ralph Hertwig and Ulrich Hoffrage Part II Heuristics in Social Games 2. Simple Heuristics in a Social Game Ralph Hertwig, Urs Fischbacher, and Adrian Bruhin 3. Trust-Your-Doctor: A Simple Heuristic in Need of a Proper Social Environment Odette Wegwarth and Gerd Gigerenzer 4. Probabilistic Persuasion: A Brunswikian Theory of Argumentation Torsten Reimer, Ralph Hertwig, amd Sanja Sipek 5. Cooperate with Equals: A Simple Heuristic for Social Exchange Tim Johnson and Oleg Smirnov 6. The Is and Ought of Sharing: The Equality Heuristic Across the Lifespan Monika Keller, Michaela Gummerum, Thomas Canz, Gerd Gigerenzer, and Masanori Takezawa Part III Structures of Social Worlds 7. When Will We Meet Again? Regularities of Social Connectivity and Their Reflections in Memory and Decision Making Thorsten Pachur, Lael J. Schooler, and Jeffrey R. Stevens 8. Fast Acceptance by Common Experience: Augmenting Schelling's Neighborhood Segregation Model with FACE-Recognition Nathan Berg, Katarzyna Abramczuk, and Ulrich Hoffrage Part IV Social Information, Collective Decision Making, and Social Learning 9. The Mind as an Intuitive Pollster: Frugal Search in Social Spaces Thorsten Pachur, Ralph Hertwig, and Jorg Rieskamp 10. The " Effect in Group Decision Making Shengua Luan, Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos, and Torsten Reimer 11. Simple Heuristics and Information Sharing in Groups Torsten Reimer and Ulrich Hoffrage 12. How to Find Good Cue Orderings: When Social Learning Benefits Simple Heuristics Rocio Garcia-Retamero, Masanori Takezawa, Jan K. Woike, and Gerd Gigerenzer 13. The Advice of Others: When and How We Benefit From It Guido Biele and Jorg Rieskamp Part V Simple Heuristics and Social Rationality 14. The Evolutionary Rationality of Social Learning Richard McElreath, Annika Wallin, and Barbara Fasolo 15. The Lives of Others: Social Rationality in Animals Jeffrey R. Stevens and Andrew J. King 16. The Heart Has Its Reasons: Social Rationality in Mate Choice Alison P. Lenton, Lars Penke, Peter Todd, and Barbara Fasolo 17. Can Simple Heuristics Explain Moral Inconsistencies? Nadine Fleischhut and Gerd Gigerenzer 18. Why Simple Heuristics Make Life Both Easier and Harder: A Social-Psychological Perspective Klaus Fiedler and Michaela Wanke References Name Index Subject Index

Rationality And Nature: A Sociological Inquiry Into A Changing Relationship

Abstract: The Intensification Of Rationalization And Its Alternatives * Rationalization Under the Premise of Plasticity * Rationalization and Ecological Irrationality * Rationalization Under the Premise of Greenness * Rerationalization * Derationalization The Sociology Of Environmental Degradation * The Political Economy of Waste * Accounting for Waste and Accountability for Waste * Environmental Classes and Environmental Conflict Toward A Symbiotic Relationship With Nature * Science and Applied Science as Partial Knowledge * Parasitism: A Light Cloak or an Iron Cage?

Collective action and rational choice: place, community, and the limits to individual self-interest.

Abstract: Despite geographers' increasing concern with place-based politics, the effects of place-based social relations on collective political action remain largely untheorized. By emphasizing the free rider problem—why a rational, self-interested individual would engage in collective action when his/her impact is negligible and the benefits of collective action are public and free—rational choice theory correctly problematizes collective action. Its reliance on the essentialist homo economicus model of human nature, however, often leads to untenable solutions that do not consider nonstrategic forms of rationality, collective identity formation, and the crucial effects of place-specific social relations. Habermas's The Theory of Communicative Action, in contrast, provides a broader conception of rationality that recognizes communicative as well as strategic and instrumental forms of rationality and focuses on social interaction rather than on isolated individuals. Individuals reach common understandings, ...

Learning and Rationality in Economics

Abstract: What has the rational learning literature taught us?, L. Blume and D. Easley Savage-Bayesian models of economics, N. Kiefer and Y. Nyarko on adaptive learning in strategic games, R. Narimon and E. McGrattan adaptive learning and expectational stability, G. Evans and S. Honkapohja learning in oligopoly - theory, simulation and experimental evidence, A. Kirman speed of convergence of recursive least squares - learning with autoregressive moving-average perceptions increasing social returns, learning and bifurcation phenomena, G. Evans and S. Honkapohja bounded rationality and learning - procedural learning, M. Salmon learning and reputation in repeated games of incomplete information, D. Canning learning and social equilibrium in large populations, D. Canning evolution and rationality in competitive markets, L. Blume and D. Easley evolutionary selection and rational behaviour, A. Banerjee and J. Weibull equilibrium selection through adaption and experimentation, H. Young.

Making Sense of ‘What Works’: Evidence Based Policy Making as Instrumental Rationality?

Abstract: The notion of evidence-based policy making (EBP) has gained renewed currency in the UK in the context of the current Labour Government's commitment to modernise government. Thus, a key driver of modernisation is seen as evidence based policy making and service delivery - ‘what matters is what works’. The aim of this article is to critically examine the assumptions underpinning EBP asking, in particular, the extent to which the increased emphasis on the role of evidence in policy making is indicative of ‘technocratic politics’ underpinned by an instrumental rationality which erodes the normative basis of policy making and undermines the capacity for ‘appropriate’ practice. It is argued that the current emphasis on EBP needs to be understood in the context of recent trends in governance processes and the development by New Labour of performance management for public services. The nature of the evidence we can expect from evaluation and the role of evidence in policy-making practice are critically examined. ...