| dc.contributor.author | Hodgson, G.M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-16T13:58:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-04-16T13:58:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-02-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hodgson , G M 2007 , ' Rationality versus program-based behavior ' , Behavioral and Brain Sciences , vol. 30 , no. 1 , pp. 29-30 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07000726 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0140-525X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/8333 | |
| dc.description | Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. | |
| dc.description.abstract | For Herbert Gintis, the "rational actor," or "beliefs, preferences, and constraints (BPC)," model is central to his unifying framework for the behavioral sciences. It is not argued here that this model is refuted by evidence. Instead, this model relies ubiquitously on auxiliary assumptions, and is evacuated of much meaning when applied to both human and nonhuman organisms. An alternative perspective of "program-based behavior" is more consistent with evolutionary principles. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 2 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | |
| dc.title | Rationality versus program-based behavior | en |
| dc.contributor.institution | Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
| dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247843028&partnerID=8YFLogxK | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1017/S0140525X07000726 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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