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Introduction: Bounded Rationality and the History of Science (2015)

Cowles, Henry M. (Author)
Deringer, William Peter (Author)
Dick, Stephanie (Author)
Webster, Colin (Author)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 106, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 621-622
Publication date: 2015
Language: English

DOI: 10.1086/683196

Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: Lead Article in a Series: Bounded Rationality and the History of Science

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Historians of science see knowledge and its claimants as constrained by myriad factors. These limitations range from the assumptions and commitments of scientific practitioners to the material and ideational contexts of their practice. The precise nature of such limits and the relations among them remains an open question in the history of science. The essays in this Focus section address this question by examining one influential portrayal of constraints---Herbert Simon's theory of “bounded rationality”---as well as the responses to which it has given rise over the last half century.

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Article Daston, Lorraine J. (2015) Simon and the Sirens: A Commentary. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 669-676). unapi

Article Webster, Colin (2015) Heuristic Medicine: The Methodists and Metalepsis. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 657-668). unapi

Article Deringer, William Peter (2015) For What It's Worth: Historical Financial Bubbles and the Boundaries of Economic Rationality. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 646-656). unapi

Article Cowles, Henry M. (2015) Hypothesis Bound: Trial and Error in the Nineteenth Century. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 635-645). unapi

Article Dick, Stephanie (2015) Of Models and Machines: Implementing Bounded Rationality. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 623-634). unapi

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