02269nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10442065 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080703s2009 njua sb 000 0 eng d 2008029705 0691139008 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691139005 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781400833177 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)703156011 eng fre BC177 .E4713 2009eb 128/.33 22 Elster, Jon, 1940- Raison et raisons. English Reason and rationality [electronic resource] / Jon Elster ; translated by Steven Rendall. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009. 79 p. : ill. Translated from the French. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-76). "One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view and social scientists who use the idea of rationality to explain behavior. In place of these approaches, Elster proposes a unified conceptual framework for the study of behavior." "Drawing on classical moralists as well as modern scholarship, and using a wealth of historical and contemporary illustrations, Reason and Rationality marks a new development in Elster's thinking while at the same time providing a brief, elegant, and accessible introduction to his work."--BOOK JACKET. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Practical reason. Rational choice theory. Philosophy and social sciences. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10442065 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 135496 135496