Rationality, Optimality, and Choice
Esser's Reconstruction of Alfred Schutz's Theory of Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5917440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Prendergast (Illinois Wesleyan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-57 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rationality and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-4631 • E-ISSN: 1461-7358 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1043463193005001005 |
| OpenAlex | W2044761346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
The article responds to Hartmut Esser's essay, "The Rationality of Everyday Behavior. A Rational Choice Reconstruction of the Theory of Action by Alfred Schütz," which also appears in this issue. The author provides historical and contextual evidence in support of Esser's thesis that Schutz's theory of action converges with rational choice theory in fundamental respects. He is more critical of Esser's second purpose, however, which is to subsume Schutz's theory of action under the framework of subjective expected utility theory. Prendergast argues that the two-step selection rule that Esser devises to this end reduces rational choice to a tautology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2007 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |