Minimal Rationality
$70.86
- Paperback
171 pages
- Release Date
14 March 1990
Summary
In Minimal Rationality, 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262530873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262530872 |
| Author: | Christopher Cherniak |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 171 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 14 March 1990 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | A Bradford Book |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
“Christopher Cherniak’s book is a strikingly original and substantial project, sure to be the focus of respectful attention both inside and outside philosophy. Cherniak’s forcefully argued, ingenious, and crisply structured account of ‘the deductive inference abilities required of a minimally rational agent’ challenges a major tradition in the most constructive way: by offering a well-thought-out alternative.” Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University
Christopher Cherniak
Christopher Cherniak teaches in the Philosophy Department at the University of Maryland.
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