Rational action: studies in philosophy and social science

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New York: Cambridge University Press (1979)
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This volume is concerned with the concept of rationality and the interrelations between rationality, belief and desire in the explanation and evaluation of ...

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0521227143   9780521227148

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Internal and External Reasons.  (pages 17–28)Bernard Williams
Wish-fulfilment,'.  (pages 47--60)Richard Wollheim & Sigmund Freud
Rational actors in macrosociological analysis.  (pages 75--91)James S. Coleman
Rational choice and political principles.  (pages 93--114)Albert Weale

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