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    Much of the controversy over rational choice imperialism ... — Carmelics
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    Much of the controversy over rational choice imperialism has been based on a failure to appreciate the limitations of the rational choice model.

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    • 1.Game theory, strictly construed, excludes communication between players and fails when communication occurs.
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    • 2.Both defenders and critics of rational choice theory have often failed to recognize these limitations.
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    • 3.The equation of methodological individualism with rational choice theory overstates the scope and generality of the rational choice model.
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    • 1.Critics like Green and Shapiro (1994) demonstrated that rational choice failures are systematic and scope-independent, not merely boundary cases.
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    • 2.If the failures are systematic rather than peripheral, then acknowledging 'limitations' cannot rehabilitate the core research program.
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    • 3.A model whose recognized limitations include its central predictive domains has not been misunderstood but has been falsified.
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    • 1.Sen's work on preference inconsistency shows rational choice fails on its own internal standards, not merely at disciplinary borders.
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    • 2.Failures rooted in the model's foundational axioms cannot be attributed to critics' misunderstanding of the model's scope.
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    Nevertheless, as a result of Elster’s arguments, methodological individualism became synonymous in many quarters with the commitment to rational choice theory. Such an equation generally fails to distinguish what were for Weber two distinct methodological issues: the commitment to providing explanations at an action-theoretic level, and the specific model of rational action that one proposes to use at that level (i.e., the ideal type). There are multiple permutations. For instance, there is no r
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