{"product_id":"how-do-you-know-the-economics-of-ordinary-knowledge-paperback","title":"How Do You Know?: The Economics of Ordinary Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell Hardin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do ordinary people come to know or believe what they do? We need an account of this process to help explain why people act as they do. You might think I am acting irrationally--against my interest or my purpose--until you realize that what you know and what I know differ significantly. My actions, given my knowledge, might make eminently good sense. Of course, this pushes our problem back one stage to assess why someone knows or believes what they do. That is the focus of this book. Russell Hardin supposes that people are not usually going to act knowingly against their interests or other purposes. To try to understand how they have come to their knowledge or beliefs is therefore to be charitable in assessing their rationality. Hardin insists on such a charitable stance in the effort to understand others and their sometimes objectively perverse actions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hardin presents an essentially economic account of what an individual can come to know and then applies this account to many areas of ordinary life: political participation, religious beliefs, popular knowledge of science, liberalism, culture, extremism, moral beliefs, and institutional knowledge. All of these can be enlightened by the supposition that people are attempting reasonable actions under the severe constraints of acquiring better knowledge when they face demands that far outstretch their possibilities.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book develops a general, economic theory of ordinary knowledge and applies it to many different kinds of knowledge and belief, providing a clear and convincing view of many of the world's problems, such as fanaticism and nationalism. A significant contribution that will be useful to readers in many different fields, \u003ci\u003eHow Do You Know?\u003c\/i\u003e is also beautifully written and a pleasure to read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Russell Hardin's \u003ci\u003eHow Do You Know?\u003c\/i\u003e is original, thought provoking, and important. It raises questions of both practical and intellectual significance and it is very well written--indeed, it is an engrossing read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Geoffrey Brennan, Duke University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Hardin is professor of politics at New York University and the author of many books, including \"David Hume: Moral and Political Theorist, Indeterminacy and Society\" (Princeton), \"Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy,\" and \"One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict\" (Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723340877887,"sku":"9780691162225","price":55.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b03ebfe55b734aa0fc887fd8002e555a.webp?v=1765098832","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/how-do-you-know-the-economics-of-ordinary-knowledge-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}