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Reason in Action: Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Reason in Action: Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Martin Hollis
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:296 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Social and political philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521447799
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Classifications | Dewey:300.1 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
7 December 1995 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Did Adam and Eve act rationally in eating the fruit of the forbidden tree? That can seem to depend solely on whether they had found the best means to their ends, in the spirit of the "economic" theories of rationality. In these essays, culled in revised form from twenty-five years' work, Martin Hollis argues that social action cannot be understood by viewing human beings as abstract individuals with preferences in search of satisfaction, or by divorcing practical reason from questions of the rationality of norms, principles, practices and ends.
Reviews'... this book presents an elegantly argued and forcefully stated counter-challenge to the naturalists.' British Journal of Sociology
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