Minds, Models and Milieux [electronic resource] : Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon /
Frantz, Roger.editor.
Marsh, Leslie.editor.
This book is a collection of specially-commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, political and behavioral economists, cognitive and organizational psychologists, computer scientists, sociologists and permutations thereof as befits the polymathic subject of this book: Herbert Simon. The tripartite of the title, Minds, Models and Milieux, connotes the three inextricably linked areas to which Herbert Simon made the most distinguished of contributions. 'Minds' connotes Simon's abiding interest in theorizing human behavior, rationality, and decision-making; 'Models' connotes his extensive computer simulation work in the service of his interest in understanding minds, but also in the service of minds that are situated in a complex social 'Milieux'. This collection while intended to commemorate the centenary of Simon's birth simultaneously offers a timely reassessment of some of his central insights and illustrates the exponentially growing interest in Simon's work from beyond the usual disciplines and constituencies.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This book is a collection of specially-commissioned chapters from philosophers, economists, political and behavioral economists, cognitive and organizational psychologists, computer scientists, sociologists and permutations thereof as befits the polymathic subject of this book: Herbert Simon. The tripartite of the title, Minds, Models and Milieux, connotes the three inextricably linked areas to which Herbert Simon made the most distinguished of contributions. 'Minds' connotes Simon's abiding interest in theorizing human behavior, rationality, and decision-making; 'Models' connotes his extensive computer simulation work in the service of his interest in understanding minds, but also in the service of minds that are situated in a complex social 'Milieux'. This collection while intended to commemorate the centenary of Simon's birth simultaneously offers a timely reassessment of some of his central insights and illustrates the exponentially growing interest in Simon's work from beyond the usual disciplines and constituencies.
Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword by Katherine Simon Frank -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Herbert Simon - a Hedgehog and a Fox; Roger Frantz and Leslie Marsh -- PART I: MINDS -- 2. Embodied Functionalism and Inner Complexity: Simon's 21st-Century Mind; Robert Rupert -- 3. Towards a Rational Theory of Heuristics; Gerd Gigerenzer -- 4. From The Sciences of the Artificial to Cognitive History; Subrata Dasgupta -- 5. Rationality and the True Human Condition; Ron Sun -- 6. Boundedly Rational Decision-Making under Certainty and Uncertainty: Some Reflections on Herbert Simon; Mark Pingle -- PART II: MODELS -- 7. Herbert Simon and Agent-Based Computational Economics; Shu-Heng Chen and Ying-Fang Kao -- 8. Simon's (Lost?) Legacy in Agent-Based Computational Economics; Marco Castellani and Marco Novarese -- 9. From Bounded Rationality to Expertise; Fernand Gobet -- 10. Multiple Equilibria, Bounded Rationality, and the Indeterminacy of Economic Outcomes: Closing the System with Institutional Parameters; Morris Altman -- 11. Organizational decisions in the lab: the long road from the Art to the Science of organization; Massimo Egidi -- PART III: MILIEUX -- 12. Simon on Social Identification: Two Connections with Bounded Rationality; Rouslan Koumakhov -- 13. Models of Environment; Marcin Milkowski -- 14. Bounded Rationality and Social Relationships in Simon's Perspective; Stefano Fiori -- 15. Bounded Rationality in the Digital Age; Peter Earl -- 16. Herbert Simon and Some Unresolved Tensions in Professional Schools; Mie Augier and Bhavna Hariharan -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Behavioral economics.
Economic theory.
Economic history.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
Economic History.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.