Reason in Human Affairs

by Herbert A. Simon

Book Overview

What can reason (or more broadly, thinking) do for us and what can't it do? This is the question examined by Herbert A. Simon, who received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering work on decision-making processes in economic organizations."

The ability to apply reason to the choice of actions is supposed to be one of the defining characteristics of our species. In the first two chapters, the author explores the nature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804718482
• ISBN13: 9780804718486
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"