{"product_id":"reason-in-action-essays-in-the-philosophy-of-social-science-paperback-9780521447799","title":"Reason in Action; Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science (Paperback) 9780521447799","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReason in Action\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in the Philosophy of Social Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1995 book collects together essays from twenty-five years of Hollis's work on rationality and social action.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Hollis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521447799, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 December 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this book presents an elegantly argued and forcefully stated counter-challenge to the naturalists.' British Journal of Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDid 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 this 1995 book, Martin Hollis respects the elegance and power of these theories but judges their paradoxes endemic. He argues that social action cannot be understood by viewing human beings as abstract individuals with preferences in search of satisfaction, nor by divorcing practical reason from questions of the rationality of norms, principles, practices and ends. These essays, focused on the themes of 'rational choice', 'roles and reasons' and 'other cultures, other minds', make the point and explore alternative approaches. Culled in revised form from twenty-five years' work, the essays range across periods and disciplines with a philosophical imagination and vivid prose, which will engage philosophers and social scientists alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Prologue: reason in action\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Rational Choice: 2. Three men in a drought\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rational preferences\u003cbr\u003e 4. The ant and the grasshopper\u003cbr\u003e 5. Moves and motives\u003cbr\u003e 6. A rational agent's gotta do what a rational agent's gotta do!\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Roles and Reasons: 7. Of masks and men\u003cbr\u003e 8. Honour among thieves\u003cbr\u003e 9. Dirty hands\u003cbr\u003e 10. A death of one's own\u003cbr\u003e 11. Friends, Romans and consumers\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Other Cultures, Other Minds: 12. The limits of irrationality\u003cbr\u003e 13. Reason and ritual\u003cbr\u003e 14. The social destruction of reality\u003cbr\u003e 15. Hook, line and sinker\u003cbr\u003e 16. Say it with flowers\u003cbr\u003e 17. Reasons of honour.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003737133336,"sku":"9780521447799","price":37.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521447799_532506a5-b88f-4e34-8f72-e29c7286042a.gif?v=1691382037","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reason-in-action-essays-in-the-philosophy-of-social-science-paperback-9780521447799","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}