Empiricism in Herbert Simon

Administrative Behavior within the evolution of the Models of Bounded and Procedural Rationality

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ID4902668
AuthorsAlejandro Hortal (0000-0001-6255-4488, University of North Carolina, USA, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume37
Issue4
Pages719-733
Publication date2017-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrazilian Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0101-3157 • E-ISSN: 1809-4538
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0101-31572017v37n04a04
OpenAlexW2789382831
SciELOS0101-31572017000400719
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

This paper contextualizes Simon's book, Administrative Behavior, within the evolution of his ideas arguing, contrary to what some have posited, that the common element that unites this book with the rest of Simon's work is not the criticism of the classical approach, but an epistemological frame, based on an empirical methodology. This empiricism is the element that remained constant during his career and led him to introduce psychological factors when explaining the behavior of economic agents under his models of bounded and procedural rationality

Bounded function · Bounded rationality · Criticism · Economics · Element (criminal law · Empiricism · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Mathematical economics · Microeconomics · Political science · Positive economics · Rationality · Computer Science · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Institutions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology

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