TY - JOUR
T1 - Rationality versus program-based behavior
AU - Hodgson, G.M.
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/2/1
Y1 - 2007/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247843028&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X07000726
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X07000726
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247843028
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 30
SP - 29
EP - 30
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 1
ER -