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Reason-based explanations and analytical sociology
2012
Revue européenne des sciences sociales
The paper discusses Raymond Boudon's theory of ordinary rationality as well as his assessment of the so-called "analytical sociology". On the irst point, the paper argues that, in order to combine the realism of an unconstrained conception of rationality with the ex-ante facto predictive power of the narrow version of rational choice theory, we should better understand the relation between potentially triggering events and the actor's "reasons". Heuristics, social identity, and emotions are
doi:10.4000/ress.2231
fatcat:ude6lnhh5rardprw33423mdxsq