studies in rationality, precommitment, and constraints Elster, Jon Additional Author mixed material bibliography Columbia Cambridge University Pres 2000 monographic en English

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xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. This provocative book argues that, very often, people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail. Elster shows how seemingly disparate examples that limit freedom of action reveal similar patterns, so much so that he proposes a new field of study: constraint theory. The book is written in Elster's characteristically vivid style and will interest professionals and students in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics. Reasoning (Psychology) Rationalism Psychology 150.1920521662133 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 150.192 Els u E08004464 Non Fiction 150.192 Els u 41U8M5kgnPL._SY445_SX342_.jpg 1175 1999-05-14 00:00:00 2024-09-09 17:25:38 machine generated