The body of thought that went into developing the US Constitution—and then into explaining and defending it during the debate over its ratification—comprises a notable contribution to political theory ...

Rational choice theory (RCT) theorists believe that most human decisions are based on maximizing a person's own benefits, while minimizing that which can hurt the individual, according to Business ...

Ok I get it: the title of this piece reads very high and esoteric. But please do bear with me. I really think we're onto something. What I want to do today is to discuss Michael Oakeshott and explore ...

Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion. To many young people, the idea of efficient ...

“ARE economists human?” is not a question that occurs to many practitioners of the dismal science, but it is one that springs to the minds of many non-economists exposed to conventional economic ...

In a previous post, we considered three of seven "irrational" habits of highly rational people. Here we consider the remaining four, as well as some suggestions for distinguishing the genuinely ...

Rationalism - Theory of innate ideas John Locke’s Theory of Substance Empiricism - Theory of Refutation of Innate Ideas Kant's Critical Philosophy - Synthesizes ...