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(1988) Science in reflection, Dordrecht, Springer.
How do rational-choice explanations explain? What are their limits and limitations? I want to discuss these questions in three steps. In Section I the topic is the more general category of intentional explanation of behavior. Section II adds the specifications needed to generate rational-choice explanation. Section III considers more closely the power of rational-choice theory to yield unique deductions. In particular, this concerns the possible nonunicity and even nonexistence of optimal choice.
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Elster, J. (1988)., The nature and scope of rational-choice explanation, in E. Ullmann-Margalit (ed.), Science in reflection, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 51-65.
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