This book deals with the cognitive foundation of the theory of social action.The social sciences are still guided by models of social action, far from theempirical reality of the psychology of action. While economics seems to have made greater progress in accepting the changes of theory of action derived from cognitive science (see, for example, the Nobel prize 2002 for economics awarded to Daniel Kahneman), sociology is still being oriented on the dualism of hermeneutics vs. structuralism, which leaves very little room for a cognitive theory of social action. The unique features of the book are its combination ofepistemology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science in order to bear up onthe methodologies of social sciences and in particular the methodological individualism. Methodological cognitivism is proposed as an alternative to the holistic character of structuralism, to the intentionalist and rationalist features of methodological individualism, and to the relativistic character of hermeneutics and ethnomethodology. Original topic. Interdisciplinary approach. Frontiers research in social sciences. Few technicalities. INDICE: Part I: Cognitive Rationality and Society. Part II: Cognitive Economics. Part III: Mind, Culture, and Epistemological Universals. References. Subject Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-24742-2
- Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 29/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés