The Varieties of Ecological Rationality in Decision Making and Their Challenge to Behavioral Economics.

The article focuses on the concept of ecological rationality and its varied interpretations across different academic disciplines studying decision-making and problem-solving. Topics include the diverse fields contributing to ecological rationality, the challenge it poses to the heuristics-and-biase...

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Published in:Independent Review Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 643 - 661
Main Author: FOKA-KAVALIERAKI, YULIE
Format: Article
Published: Independent Institute Spring2025
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      ab: The article focuses on the concept of ecological rationality and its varied interpretations across different academic disciplines studying decision-making and problem-solving. Topics include the diverse fields contributing to ecological rationality, the challenge it poses to the heuristics-and-biases project initiated by Kahneman and Tversky, and the underlying principles of evolutionary theory that unite these approaches in understanding behavior as a response to environmental contexts.
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