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The Situationist
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There is a dominant conception of the human animal as a rational, or at least reasonable, preference-driven chooser, whose behavior reflects preferences, moderated by information processing and will, but little else.
- Added on: Feb 4th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Law Business
- Tags: Emotions Public Policy law Choice Myth social psychology situationist sports
Recent Posts
Situationism in the Blogosphere – November, Part III
Below, we’ve posted titles and a brief quotation from some of our favorite non-Situationist situationist blogging during November 2009 (they are listed in alphabetical order by source). * * * From Neuronarrative: “Thinking You’re in Control Ca...
Situationist Comedy
How would the behavior of 100 people influence you? * * * * * * For a sample of related Situationist posts, see “Solomon Asch’s Famous Compliance Experiment,” “Solomon Asch’s Conformity Experiment . . . Today,” “Journa...
Cultural Cognition as a Conception of the Cultural Theory of Risk
Situationist Contributor Dan Kahan posted his recent paper, “Cultural Cognition as a Conception of the Cultural Theory of Risk,” on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * Cultural cognition refers to the tendency of individuals to form ...
Steven Pinker Speaks at Harvard Law School
From HLS in Focus (describing the new student group working with the Project on Law and Mind Sciences (PLMS) at Harvard Law School and the fascinating talk that Stephen Pinker recently gave there). * * * “SALMS” is a recently formed group whose ...
Marc Hauser on the Situation of Morality
Below you will find three parts of an edited lecture by Harvard Professor Marc Hauser. The first part moves from various philosophical theories of morality to social science research into moral dilemmas, leading up to the philosopher’s classic,...
The Situation of Legal Ethics
Kath Hall recently poster her situationist paper, “Why Good Intentions are Often Not Enough: The Potential for Ethical Blindness in Legal Decision-Making” on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * This chapter takes as its starting poi...
