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A lfred S chutz and H erbert S imon: Can their Action Theories Work Together?
Author(s) -
Castellani Marco
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/jtsb.12015
Subject(s) - analogy , satisficing , action (physics) , perspective (graphical) , intentionality , order (exchange) , meaning (existential) , cognition , computer science , psychology , cognitive science , epistemology , artificial intelligence , economics , finance , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , psychotherapist
This paper combines A lfred S hultz and H erbert S imon's theories of action in order to understand the grey area between dynamic and completely unstructured decision making better. As a result I have put together a specific scheme of how choice elements are represented from an agent's personal experience, so as to create a bridge between the phenomenological and cognitive‐procedural approaches of decision making. I first look at the key points of their original models relating A lfred S chutz's “provinces of meaning” and H erbert S imon's “satisficing” mechanism. I then consider the particular concept of intentionality and reasoning by analogy for different choice settings. Finally I have suggested a perspective based on creative behaviour and sense‐making for ill‐structured conditions.