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How good is rational choice theory at explanation? (Explaining what?…
How good is rational choice theory at explanation?
What sort of explanation is required?
Social science works primarily with causal explanation
Prediction? Truth? Practical uses e.g. policy making?
Explaining
what
?
Social norms
Oppression
Altruism
Consumer behaviour
Behaviour of social groups
Voting...?
What is the relationship of rational choice to other forms of explanation?
Structuralism
Bounded rationality
Is rational choice theory empirically accurate? Even if it isn't, can it explain in some other sense?
Friedman on as if
Sen critiques behavioural foundations of economic theory
How good is the prisoner's dilemma at explaining things?
Why does communication change things in the prisoner's dilemma- it shouldn't....?
Bounded rationality theory
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bounded-rationality/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded_rationality