Explaining Social Behavior
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Explaining Social Behavior is a book by social scientist Jon Elster that offers a comprehensive, analytically rigorous account of how rational-choice theory and psychological mechanisms can be used to understand human actions and social phenomena.
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| Explaining Social Behavior canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ social science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain human actions
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explain social outcomes ⓘ integrate rational-choice theory and psychology ⓘ |
| author | Jon Elster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
functional explanation in social science
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holistic explanation in social science ⓘ overly formal rational-choice models ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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philosophy of social science ⓘ political science ⓘ social science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
beliefs
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desires ⓘ emotions ⓘ norms ⓘ preferences ⓘ rationality ⓘ social mechanisms ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
integration of rational-choice theory with psychological mechanisms
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systematic account of mechanism-based explanation in social science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
analytical sociology
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methodological individualism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
behavioral economics
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cognitive psychology ⓘ game theory ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students in social science
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philosophers of social science ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
human action
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methodological individualism ⓘ psychological mechanisms ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ social behavior ⓘ social explanation ⓘ social phenomena ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
analytical explanation
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mechanism-based explanation ⓘ |
| usesTheory |
decision theory
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rational-choice theory ⓘ |
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