The Cognitive Basis Of Institutions

Author : Shinji Teraji
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780128120453

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The Cognitive Basis of Institutions by Shinji Teraji Pdf

The Cognitive Basis of Institutions: A Synthesis of Behavioral and Institutional Economics synthesizes modern research in behavioral economics with traditional institutional economics. This work emphasizes that institution and agent are inextricably linked, and that both cognitive and institutional processes coalesce to influence human decision-making. It integrates cognition and institution through the behavioral economics theoretical lens of bounded rationality. Methodologically, it develops game-theoretical, complexity and neuroeconomic solutions to unite study of the two areas. The work concludes by proposing general implications for the economic study of decisions using the cognitive-institutional approach, also providing specific recommendations for public policy. Reveals how institutional structures and individual actions interact and coevolve cognitively Connects individual decision-making, decision-making processes and institutional formation Unites our understanding of cooperative ‘prosocial’ behavior with the institutional dynamics that may create it Discusses the implications of the behavioral-institutional paradigm for paternalism and libertarianism in public policy

Author : Ian Apperly
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136846717

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Mindreaders by Ian Apperly Pdf

This book establishes the study of ToM in adults as a new field of enquiry and identifies and addresses the key questions that need to be asked by cognitive psychologists to develop a new cognitive model of ToM.

Author : Manuel Scholz-Wackerle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136008726

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The Foundations of Evolutionary Institutional Economics by Manuel Scholz-Wackerle Pdf

Generic institutionalism offers a new perspective on institutional economic change within an evolutionary framework. The institutional landscape shapes the social fabric and economic organization in manifold ways. The book elaborates on the ubiquity of such institutional forms with regards to their emergence, durability and exit in social agency-structure relations. Thereby institutions are considered as social learning environments changing the knowledge base of the economy along generic rule-sets in non-nomological ways from within. Specific attention is given to a theoretical structuring of the topic in ontology, heuristics and methodology. Part I introduces a generic naturalistic ontology by comparing prevalent ontological claims in evolutionary economics and preparing them for a broader pluralist and interdisciplinary discourse. Part II reconsiders these ontological claims and confronts it with prevalent heuristics, conceptualizations and projections of institutional change. In this respect the book revisits the institutional economic thought of Thorstein Veblen, Friedrich August von Hayek, Joseph Alois Schumpeter and Pierre Bourdieu. A synthesis is suggested in an application of the generic rule-based approach. Part III discusses the implementation of rule-based bottom-up models of institutional change and provides a basic prototype agent-based computational simulation. The evolution of power relations plays an important role in the programming of real-life communication networks. This notion characterizes the discussed policy realms (Part IV) of ecological and financial sustainability as tremendously complex areas of institutional change in political economy, leading to the concluding topic of democracy in practice. The novelty of this approach is given by its modular theoretical structure. It turns out that institutional change is carried substantially by affective social orders in contrast to rational orders as communicated in orthodox economic realms. The characteristics of affective orders are derived theoretically from intersections between ontology and heuristics, where interdependencies between instinct, cognition, rationality, reason, social practice, habit, routine or disposition are essential for the embodiment of knowledge. This kind of research indicates new generic directions to study social learning in particular and institutional evolution in general.

Author : Elena Fell,Ioanna Kopsiafti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317228660

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The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics by Elena Fell,Ioanna Kopsiafti Pdf

This book seeks to fill a void in contemporary aesthetics scholarship by considering the cognitive features that make the aesthetic and artistic worthy of philosophical study. Aesthetic cognition has been largely abandoned by analytical philosophy, which instead tends to focus its attention on the ‘non-exhibited’ properties of artwork or issues concerning semantic and syntactic structure. The Cognitive Basis of Aesthetics innovatively seeks to correct the marginalization of aesthetics in analytical philosophy by reinterpreting aesthetic cognition through an integration of Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms with Paul Crowther’s theory of imagination and philosophy of art. This integration has three important outcomes: 1) it explains why the aesthetic and artistic constitute a unique form of knowledge; 2) it shows the role this plays in the formation of aesthetics as a discipline; and 3) it describes why aesthetic cognition is so deeply engaging. This book’s unique theoretical approach engages with important works of visual, conceptual, and digital art, as well as literature, music, and theatre.

Author : Sonja C. Grover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Psychology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039264838

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The Cognitive Basis of the Intellect by Sonja C. Grover Pdf

Author : Richard L. Cruess,Sylvia R. Cruess,Yvonne Steinert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139474511

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Teaching Medical Professionalism by Richard L. Cruess,Sylvia R. Cruess,Yvonne Steinert Pdf

Until recently professionalism was transmitted by respected role models, a method that depended heavily on the presence of a homogeneous society sharing values. This is no longer true, and medical schools and postgraduate training programs in the developed world are now actively teaching professionalism to students and trainees. In addition, licensing and certifying bodies are attempting to assess the professionalism of practising physicians on an ongoing basis. This is the only book available to provide guidance to those designing and implementing programs on teaching professionalism. It outlines the cognitive base of professionalism, provides a theoretical basis for teaching the subject, gives general principles for establishing programs at various levels (undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing professional development), and documents the experience of institutions who are leaders in the field. Teaching aids that have been used successfully by contributors are included as an appendix.

Author : John H Stanfield II
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315432878

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Black Reflective Sociology by John H Stanfield II Pdf

John H. Stanfield II, the leading contemporary Black sociologist of knowledge, distills decades of his research and thinking in a set of articles—some original to the volume, others from fugitive sources—that address race in the formation of epistemologies, theories, and methodologies in social science. Stanfield’s contributions to the discipline, such as the adoption of restorative justice as an anti-racism solution in multiracial societies and the development of African diasporic sociological reasoning, are highlighted here. Ranging widely across theoretical, methodological, and substantive topics, Stanfield creates a reflective sociology viewed through an African diasporic lens that enriches the thinking and practice of social science.

Author : Bertin Martens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134340170

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The Cognitive Mechanics of Economic Development and Institutional Change by Bertin Martens Pdf

Applying the hot new area of psychological and behavioural economics to notions of economic growth and development, Bertin Martens' new book is a unique and impressive volume.

Author : Michael Bratman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Act (Philosophy)
ISBN : 9780197580899

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Shared and Institutional Agency by Michael Bratman Pdf

"A fundamental feature of our individual, human agency is its organization over time. Think again about growing food in a garden, or taking a trip, or writing a book. A central idea is that our capacity for planning agency is at the heart of this cross-temporal organization of our individual, human agency. Appeal to this role of our capacity for planning agency both fits our commonsense self-understanding and, I conjecture, would be a part of an empirically informed psychological theory that begins with-- but potentially adjusts--this commonsense self-understanding. The basic thought is that we are resource-limited agents who achieve cross-temporal organization in part by settling in advance on prior, partial plans. These somewhat stable partial plans help pose problems of means and preliminary steps, and in pursuit of needed coordination help filter potential options. They thereby provide a background framework for downstream thought and action"--

Author : Ronald W. Langacker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110172801

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Concept, Image, and Symbol by Ronald W. Langacker Pdf

This classic research monograph develops and illustrates the theory of linguistic structure known as Cognitive Grammar, and applies it to representative phenomena in English and other languages. Cognitive grammar views language as an integral facet of cognition and claims that grammatical structure cannot be understood or revealingly described independently of semantic considerations. It argues that grammar forms a continuum with the lexicon and is reducible to symbolic relationships (i.e. form-meaning pairings), and consequently that all valid grammatical constructs have some kind of conceptual import. The coherence and descriptive potential of cognitive grammar are exemplified by application to a broad variety of grammatical phenomena drawn from numerous languages.

Author : W Richard Scott,Gerald F. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317345923

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Organizations and Organizing by W Richard Scott,Gerald F. Davis Pdf

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with organizations in one form or another. Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and management theory. Topic areas discussed in this book are the importance of organizations; defining organizations; organizations as rational, natural, and open systems; environments, strategies, and structures of organizations; and organizations and society. For those employed in fields where knowledge of organizational theory is necessary, including sociology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, managers in corporations and international business, and business strategists.

Author : Sebastian M. Buettner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136459429

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Mobilizing Regions, Mobilizing Europe by Sebastian M. Buettner Pdf

Regional development strategies are becoming more similar all around Europe, even though regional differences are more pronounced than ever and many European regions have become more autonomous actors. This thesis of a peculiar standardized diversification of sub-national space in the modern European Union is the point of departure of this book. Based upon the analytical premises of Stanford School Sociological Institutionalism, Sebastian M. Büttner studies regional mobilization in contemporary Europe from a new and innovative perspective. He highlights the importance of scientific expertise and global scientific models in contemporary regional development practice, and exemplifies their significance with the example of region-building in Poland in the course of EU integration. This new wave of regional mobilization is not just conceived as an effect of local, national or European politics, but as an expression of a larger conceptual shift in governing society and space. This well researched and clearly argued book not only provides fresh insights into region-building and regionalization in contemporary European space, but also contributes to the new sociology of Europeanization. It will be an illuminating read for scholars and students in Sociology, European and EU studies, International Relations, Cultural Studies, Geography, Regional Science, Polish Studies and related subject areas.

Author : Patrick Cottrell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107121119

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The Evolution and Legitimacy of International Security Institutions by Patrick Cottrell Pdf

This book tackles the question: when international security institutions face a legitimacy crisis, why are some replaced while others endure?

Author : Frank K. Salter
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781571813190

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Risky Transactions by Frank K. Salter Pdf

Trust is a central feature of relationships within the Mafia, oppressed minorities, kin groups everywhere, among dissidents, nationalist freedom fighters, ethnic tourists, ethnic middlemen, exchange networks of Kalahari Bushmen, and families subjected to Stalinist social control. Each of these types of trust is examined by a leading scholar and compared with the expectations of neo-Darwinian theory, in particular the theories of kin selection and ethnic nepotism. The result is a fascinating, theoretically focused yet empirically eclectic contribution to the overlapping fields of human ethnology, evolutionary psychology, and bio-politics. The common thread uniting these diverse phenomena is a trusting relationship predicated on altruism. Chapters examine the strengths and limits of human trust under various stressers and temptations to defect. By exploring the relationship between kin and ethnic altruism and showing its sensitivity to culture, Risky Transactions recasts the evolutionary approach to ethnicity as a blend of primordial and instrumental factors.

Author : Scott Atran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521438713

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Cognitive Foundations of Natural History by Scott Atran Pdf

Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, this work traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and demonstrates how the science of plants and animals has emerged from the common conceptions of folkbiology.