Indeterminacy and Society.
In simple action theory, when people choose between courses of action, they know what the outcome will be. When an individual is making a choice ""against nature, "" such as switching on a light, that assumption may hold true. But in strategic interaction outcomes, indeterminacy...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In simple action theory, when people choose between courses of action, they know what the outcome will be. When an individual is making a choice ""against nature, "" such as switching on a light, that assumption may hold true. But in strategic interaction outcomes, indeterminacy is pervasive and often intractable. Whether one is choosing for oneself or making a choice about a policy matter, it is usually possible only to make a guess about the outcome, one based on anticipating what other actors will do. In this book Russell Hardin asserts, in his characteristically clear and uncompromising. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 1299674100 9781299674103 9781400848966 1400848962 |