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Wed Jun 4 17:26:11 2008
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John Medaille wrote:

>Wouldn't the "science of (human) choice and 
>action (under all conditions)" be psychology? >John C. M?daille

I suppose that the answer depends on how one defines psychology. I don't recall any psychologists defining it as the science of choice, but I do now of economists who define economics as the science of action, which implies choice.

Of course, this begs the question of how to define a science. And I recall an assignment in grad school that asked the question: "Is economics the science of choice?" 

Pat Gunning


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