 | Vicki L. Hesli, William M. Reisinger - Political Science - 2003 - 334 pages
...formal models built around assumptions of instrumental rationality. On the contrary, Weber declared that "for the purposes of a typological scientific analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational, affectual elements of behavior as factors of deviation from a conceptually pure type of rational action"... | |
 | Vicki L. Hesli, William M. Reisinger - Political Science - 2003 - 334 pages
...the purposes of a typological scientific analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational, affectual elements of behavior as factors of deviation from a conceptually pure type of rational action" (Weber 1968, 6). Yet from a Weberian perspective, the fact that so much of Russian political life seems... | |
 | Alan Sica - Biography & Autobiography - 226 pages
...dictum, and one which on its face seems to contradict in part the very intention of what preceded it: "For the purposes of a typological scientific analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational, effectually determined elements of behavior as factors of deviation from a conceptually pure type of... | |
 | Julia Adams, Elisabeth S. Clemens, Ann Shola Orloff - Social Science - 2005 - 636 pages
...rationality and value rationality. The key question raised but not answered in Weber's model is under 5. "For the purposes of a typological scientific analysis...from a conceptually pure type of rational action" (M. Weber 1978 [1922]: 6). The fact that Weber began his analysis with instrumental microfoundations... | |
 | Charles Camic, Philip S. Gorski, David M. Trubek - Social Science - 2005 - 420 pages
...purposes. Central to the former is the proposition that "for the purposes of a typological scientif1c analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational,...from a conceptually pure type of rational action. . . . The construction of a purely rational course of action in such cases serves the sociologist as... | |
 | Martin Jay - History - 2005 - 454 pages
...connection, Collingwood was following Max Weber's precept: "For the purposes of a typological scientif1c analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational,...from a conceptually pure type of rational action." The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, ed. Talcott Parsons, trans. AM Henderson and Talcott... | |
 | John A. Hall, Ralph Schroeder - Social Science - 2006 - 4 pages
...microfoundations are used as ideal types (1975: 188), and as such they often clearly reveal anomalies. 'For the purposes of a typological scientific analysis...from a conceptually pure type of rational action' (Weber 1978: 6; see also 1975: 190). Although this provides a clear starting point for the analysis... | |
 | Martin Jay - History - 2005 - 454 pages
...although he would never have acknowledged the connection, Collingwood was following Max Weber's precept: "For the purposes of a typological scientific analysis...from a conceptually pure type of rational action." The Theory of Social and Economic Organi2ation, ed. Talcott Parsons, trans. AM Henderson and Talcott... | |
 | Andrew M. Koch - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 264 pages
...Irrational action is associated with passion acting blindly without consulting reason.22 However, in "scientific analysis, it is convenient to treat all...deviation from a conceptually pure type of rational action."23 Rational action is assumed, and what cannot be explained with reference to rational action... | |
 | Jon Elster - Philosophy - 2007 - 422 pages
...Weber made the mistake of inferring "process rationality" from "outcome optimality" when he wrote that for the purposes of a typological scientific analysis...from a conceptually pure type of rational action. For example a panic on the stock exchange can be most conveniently analyzed by attempting to determine... | |
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For the purposes of a typological scientific analysis it is convenient to treat all irrational, affectually determined elements of behavior as factors of deviation from a conceptually pure type of rational action. 
