Citation

Kerstenetzky CL. Camb. J. Econ. 2009; 33(2): 193-209.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Cambridge Political Economy Society, Publisher Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/cje/ben049

PMID

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Abstract

In the context of a critique of the exclusive use of the rational choice approach in economics, the article presents a pluralistic interpretation of the Popperian notion of situational logic as an alternative approach. This is proposed in connection with a reading of the rationality principle as a rationalisability principle. I argue that this principle can accommodate an ample array of rational responses to different situations and even rationalise the multiple responses that are given to the same situation. I present some examples to illustrate the relevance of the proposed interpretation.