Rational agency in evolutionary perspective

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In Timothy O'Connor & Constantine Sandis (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Action. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 374–383 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Rational Agents and the Conceptual Background Beyond Homo economicus Informational Resources A Poisoned Chalice? What Is to Be Done? References.

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rational agency in evolutionary perspective   humans as rational agents ‐ or so much contemporary philosophy supposes   decision theorists, treating human acts as rational bets   decision theory, applied empirically in ‘rational actor’ models in social sciences   rational actor models of social phenomena ‐ having independent evidence   economist's Homo economicus version of rational agency ‐ taking humans to be rational decision‐makers   Homo economicus construct, underlining idealizations ‐ inherent in rational actor models of social sciences   informational resources ‐ rational actor models of human agency, presupposing that we are better informed, or smarter, than we really are   notions of bounded rationality, cultural learning, and interplay of individual strategies in groups   human behavioral ecology tools ‐ taking humans typically to make optimal choices

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