On the Debate between Analytical Sociology and Rational Choice Theory : Dissecting the mechanism of preference and belief formation as a common puzzle

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  • 分析社会学と合理的選択理論の関係性についての批判的検討 : 選好と信念形成メカニズムの解明という共通問題
  • ブンセキ　シャカイガク　ト　ゴウリテキ　センタク　リロン　ノ　カンケイセイ　ニ　ツイテ　ノ　ヒハンテキ　ケントウ　センコウ　ト　シンネン　ケイセイ　メカニズム　ノ　カイメイ　ト　イウ　キョウツウ　モンダイ

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Recently, analytical sociology has attracted the attention of European sociologists as a new sociological research paradigm. This study aims to explore and explain the relationship between analytical sociology (AS) and rational choice sociology (RCS), and investigate the future development of both paradigms through reviewing the debate between them. First, this article distinguishes AS from RCS as research paradigms and DBO theory (DBOT) from rational choice theory (RCT) as theoretical paradigms. Next, to clarify their relationship, this article compares AS or DBOT with RCS or RCT, and reveals their differences and commonalities as follows. 1) AS has been elaborated as a meta theory and research paradigm designed to overcome the challenges facing RCS. It is essential that AS overcome these challenges to advocate for the relative advantage of AS. 2) DBOT is equivalent to wide-version RCT, not to narrow-version RCT. However, simply employing DBOT cannot resolve the associated problems. Thus, it has been noted that these challenges remained not only for RCS but also AS. Finally, it is claimed that both paradigms should dissect the mechanism of preference and belief formation as a common puzzle for the future development of AS and RCS. It is recommended that sociologists involved in the development of AS and RCS should aim at solving this puzzle, referencing each other to fi ndings about the mechanism of preference and belief formation that can be obtained from both paradigms.

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  • 年報人間科学

    年報人間科学 40 53-72, 2019-03-31

    Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

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  • CRID
    1390290699789956992
  • NII Article ID
    120006600782
  • NII Book ID
    AN0020011X
  • DOI
    10.18910/71613
  • HANDLE
    11094/71613
  • ISSN
    02865149
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles

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