Distintas aproximaciones a la elección racional

Abstract

An introduction to rational choice is included in this paper and a rational choice theories classification is later explained. ThAn introduction to rational choice is included in this paper and a rational choice theories classification is later explained. The instrumentalist rational choice states that the theory is acceptable if its theoretical predictions are valid, regardless of whether the theory is correct or incorrect. The realist rational choice considers that the rational choice is correct, but that it requires other suppositions, normally taken from psychology, such as the cognitive theory. Rational reconstruction of the action, framed in the weberian tradition, considers rational choice as a way of understanding social action by means of empathy, ascribing meaning to it. Formal reconstruction asserts that the rational choice is not really a theory, but simply a useful grammar to consider the social problems. Statistic reconstruction upholds that the rational choice is valid to explain an ideal type of actor, representative of a group; each actor can be different, but the institutional restrictions produce empirical regularities for the group.