RT Journal Article
T1 Rational choice, social identity, and beliefs about oneself
A1 Aguiar, Fernando
A1 Francisco Díaz, Andrés De
AB Social identity poses one of the most important challenges to rational choice theory, but rational choice theorists do not hold a common position regarding identity. On one hand, externalist rational choice ignores the concept of identity or reduces it to revealed preferences. On the other hand, internalist rational choice considers identity as a key concept in explaining social action because it permits expressive motivations to be included in the models. However, internalist theorists tend to reduce identity to desire—the desire of a person to express his or her social being. From an internalist point of view, that is, from a viewpoint in which not only desires but also beliefs play a key role in social explanations as mental entities, this article rejects externalist reductionism and proposes a redefinition of social identity as a net of beliefs about oneself, beliefs that are indexical, robust, and socially shaped.
PB Sage publications
SN 1552-7441
YR 2009
FD 2009-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42576
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42576
LA spa
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025