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Reason in Human Affairs (Paperback, 1st New edition)
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What can reason (or more broadly, thinking) do for us and what
can't it do? This is the question examined by Herbert A. Simon, who
received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his
pioneering work on decision-making processes in economic
organizations."
The ability to apply reason to the choice of actions is supposed to
be one of the defining characteristics of our species. In the first
two chapters, the author explores the nature and limits of human
reason, comparing and evaluating the major theoretical frameworks
that have been erected to explain reasoning processes. He also
discusses the interaction of thinking and emotion in the choice of
our actions. In the third and final chapter, the author applies the
theory of bounded rationality to social institutions and human
behavior, and points out the problems created by limited attention
span human inability to deal with more than one difficult problem
at a time. He concludes that we must recognize the limitations on
our capabilities for rational choice and pursue goals that, in
their tentativeness and flexibility, are compatible with those
limits.
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