Bounded rationality

People often make bad decisions that makes them regret afterwards. For example, People gamble and lose all of their money, make bets on things that they are not a hundred percent sure of. We can see such examples from people’s life experience and from many movies and various literatures. In the short story “The Bet”, Anton Chekhov wrote about two gentleman who make bet on whether life imprisonment or execution is more moral than the other. The lawyer, who went to prison tried to prove that going…

Joints is a key for tectonic, tectonic is a key for construction. The idea of architecture design in this exhibition will be different. Comparing to typical design strategies, which means analysis programs need or volume operation, this exhibition starting from smallest component, joint, to face the architectural discourse. How to apply or face the joints of architecture will show the difference attitude we face to our spacial design. Tectonic is a way to connect components, is a kind of…

But the cinema of the body implies also a social gest. We see this in how people react to the monk: sometimes with indifference, but other times they stare, try to interact with him, see him as a performer. We are not the only seers in the film, the people in it are voyeurs of something they do and see everyday (walking), but the fact that the monk’s walking is at a different temporality breaks the sensory motor link and affects us: makes us think the unthought. The ceremonialization of the body…

In the article, Beyond the rationality of economic man, toward the true rationality of human man, by John Tomer, we once again see the argument of what rationality truly is come to light. In this particular article Tomer stands on the side that mainstream economics and the idea of economic rationality is not a complete rationality. He goes on to explain that true rationality will be a combination of bother instrumental rationality and rationality of ends (Tomer 1704). The combination of the two…

1) A $100 bill is lying on the ground in the middle of campus. No one is close to it and there are few people outside. Is the money taken? - I chose rational choice theory because the money is lying on the ground, and no one is out asking if they have found a specific amount of money. He is making a conscious decision as to whether pick up the money or not. He is not stealing the money from anyone, and no one is questioning him about finding any money. The money is just lying on the ground. No,…

The repressed, irrational characteristics does return in modernity and is characterized by a return that simultaneously serves to benefit instrumental rationality through culture. The subject remains fundamentally passive; there remains nothing for the consumer to classify, since all classification is passed through the culture industry.26 Hit songs, stars, and soap operas recur cyclically and invariably, while even the particular or specific content is generated from these types.27 Implicit in…

Ever wonder why criminals commit the inhuman acts of violence that they do, or why large quantities of people are involved in drug usage despite knowing the negative consequences to themselves? Well sociology is a field where professionals consider why people do things rather than focusing on the who, what and when questions when gathering information. Max Weber was a German theorist in sociologist who also produced works in economic, law, philosophy and history fields. He lived from 1864 to…

Dandan Zhang PHI 3633 Case A Response Paper In the case of the 19-year-old patient X seeks to get a vasectomy, strong paternalism is evident in the urologist’s refusal to perform the surgery. Paternalism is defined as overriding someone’s actions and decision-making for his own benefit (71). In patient X’s case, his autonomy and ability to make his own rational decision were undermined by the urologist, who stated he was too young to make such a decision. The benefits of this paternalistic act,…

Philosophy, the hard sciences, and Christianity would all be unimaginably different, had it not been for The Enlightenment. Around the 18th century, The Enlightenment was well underway, as well as new ideas and concepts that came along with it. However, with new theories and understandings, came criticism of the ones already widely accepted. Amidst the search for reason within religion, Enlightenment thinkers sought out a better understanding of their faith and strongly encouraged others to…

Ever since I got the opportunity to choose my theology project topic, “ Faith and Reason: Why Science and Catholicism are made for each other? Today many claim that the Church is anti-science, or that science is the “new religion” and Catholicism is no longer relevant. Explore the history of both the Church and science, and the history of these accusations. Explain why both need each other, ” I was excited for this project to begin. One thing I did not realize though was how extensive it was…