Albertina Oliverio
Biographic Data
| ID | 8599747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albertina Oliverio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albertina |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliverio |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVERIO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chieti-Pescara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cooperative behavior and affect heuristic. When the rationality of love matters
A central problem of social theory consists in explaining individual cooperative behavior. One of the main interpretations is rooted in the rational choice theory, born from the homo oeconomicus model , which proposes instrumental rationality, maximization of expected utility and self-interest as unique presuppositions of individual behavior. These assumptions have been widely criticized, especially concerning their descriptive adequacy in cases …
Social Action Explanation and Intentions in Sociology and Social Sciences
The relationship between actions and intentions has always been at the centre of an articulated debate within philosophy and social sciences. On the one hand, there is a growing trend to naturalize the concept of intention: this is based on wide empirical evidence, above all in the neuroscientific field, and suggests that human action mainly depends on cerebral and biological mechanisms. On the other hand, especially in the sociological field, th…
I>The Fable of the Bees and Its Legacy for Social Sciences
This essay aims to highlight the importance of some aspects of Mandeville’s work for the subsequent development of the nascent social sciences. His contribution to the theory of unintended consequences has in fact influenced generations of scholars following him and is still extremely relevant today. The study of the unintended consequences of intentional human actions is one of the main tools of that “toolbox” from which the social scientist dra…
The Importance of Models in Sociology: The Example of Max Weber
Sociological research method may be resumed by three concepts of Karl R. Popper, “problems-theories-critics”. Within this field, the role of theoretical models is central. In particular, the concept of model is comparable to the one of ideal type conceived by Max Weber. As a matter of fact, Weberian ideal type is still one of the most popular methodological instruments in social sciences. Conceived as a non-normative form of conceptualization fin…
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The Importance of Models in Sociology: The Example of Max Weber
Sociological research method may be resumed by three concepts of Karl R. Popper, “problems-theories-critics”. Within this field, the role of theoretical models is central. In particular, the concept of model is comparable to the one of ideal type conceived by Max Weber. As a matter of fact, Weberian ideal type is still one of the most popular methodological instruments in social sciences. Conceived as a non-normative form of conceptualization fin…
Social Action Explanation and Intentions in Sociology and Social Sciences
The relationship between actions and intentions has always been at the centre of an articulated debate within philosophy and social sciences. On the one hand, there is a growing trend to naturalize the concept of intention: this is based on wide empirical evidence, above all in the neuroscientific field, and suggests that human action mainly depends on cerebral and biological mechanisms. On the other hand, especially in the sociological field, th…
I>The Fable of the Bees and Its Legacy for Social Sciences
This essay aims to highlight the importance of some aspects of Mandeville’s work for the subsequent development of the nascent social sciences. His contribution to the theory of unintended consequences has in fact influenced generations of scholars following him and is still extremely relevant today. The study of the unintended consequences of intentional human actions is one of the main tools of that “toolbox” from which the social scientist dra…
Cooperative behavior and affect heuristic. When the rationality of love matters
A central problem of social theory consists in explaining individual cooperative behavior. One of the main interpretations is rooted in the rational choice theory, born from the homo oeconomicus model , which proposes instrumental rationality, maximization of expected utility and self-interest as unique presuppositions of individual behavior. These assumptions have been widely criticized, especially concerning their descriptive adequacy in cases …
Epistemology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Individualism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Rationality (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Affect theory (1 works)