经济学中的理性概念及其演变

理性人假设是经济学研究的基点,理性概念的演变本身反映了经济学自身的演变。对理性概念的把握,是判断一个学者经济学素养的基本标准。经济学中的理性是目的和手段的统一,因此,对理性概念的分析可以从决策过程中的目标理性和实现目标的手段理性两个方面进行。

The Concept of Rationality in Economics and Its Evolution

The hypothese of the rational people is the basis in economic studies, while the evolution of the concept of ration enbodies the evolution of economics in itself. How to grasp the concept of ration is a basic cryterion for judging the attainments of an economist. From the viewpoints in this article, the economic rationality is the unity of purposes and means. Therefore, we can anylize the concept of rationality into two parts, i.e., the objective rationality and the rationality of means in the realization of the final purposes in the process of decision-making.