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100 1  Elster, Jon,|d1940- 
245 10 Ulysses and the Sirens :|bstudies in rationality and 
       irrationality /|cJon Elster. 
250    Rev. ed. 
264  1 Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;|aNew York :|bCambridge 
       University Press ;|aParis :|bEditions de la Maison des 
       sciences de l'homme,|c1984. 
300    x, 193 pages ;|c23 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Cambridge paperback library 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-189) and 
       index. 
505 0  I. Perfect rationality: beyond gradient-climbing -- 1. 
       Introduction -- 2. The locally maximizing machine -- 3. 
       The globally maximizing machine -- 4. Strategic behaviour 
       in animals and men -- 5. Functionalist explanation in 
       sociology -- II. Imperfect rationality: Ulysses and the 
       Sirens -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Toward a definition -- 3. 
       Pascal -- 4. Descartes -- 5. Inconsistent time preferences
       -- 6. Endogenous change of preferences -- 7. Precommitment
       in animal behaviour -- 8. Abdication from power -- 9. Some
       conclusions and further questions -- III. Problematic 
       rationality: some unresolved problems in the theory of 
       rational behaviour -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Games without 
       solutions -- 3. Lexicographic preferences -- 4. Subjective
       probability -- 5. Maximizing, satisficing and natural 
       selection -- 6. Traditional behaviour and random behaviour
       -- 7. Explaining altruism -- 8. Inconstancy -- 9. Paradox 
       -- 10. And so what? -- IV. Irrationality: contradictions 
       of the mind -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hate -- 3. Love -- 4.
       Self-deception. 
650  0 Rationalism|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Reasoning (Psychology) 
650  0 Irrationalism (Philosophy) 
650  0 Psychology|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Science|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Social sciences|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Razonamiento (PsicologĂ­a) 
650  7 Irrationalism (Philosophy)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00979483 
650  7 Psychology|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01081495 
650  7 Rationalism|xPsychological aspects.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01090279 
650  7 Reasoning (Psychology)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01091298 
650  7 Science|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01108336 
650  7 Social sciences|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122940 
650 07 Rationalismus.|2swd 
650 07 Irrationalismus.|2swd 
650 07 Irrationalismus.|0(DE-588)4027681-8|2gnd 
650 07 Rationalismus.|0(DE-588)4129164-5|2gnd 
650 17 Rationaliteit.|2gtt 
650 17 Irrationaliteit.|2gtt 
650 17 Gedragsanalyse.|2gtt 
650 17 Gedrag.|2gtt 
830  0 Cambridge paperback library. 
994    C0|bSTJ 
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