A lfred S chutz and H erbert S imon: Can their Action Theories Work Together?

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Abstract This paper combinesAlfredShultz andHerbertSimon's theories of action in order to understand the grey area between dynamic and completely unstructured decision making better. As a resultIhave put together a specific scheme of how choice elements are represented from an agent's personal experience, so as to create a bridge between the phenomenological and cognitive‐procedural approaches of decision making.Ifirst look at the key points of their original models relatingAlfredSchutz's “provinces of meaning” andHerbertSimon's “satisficing” mechanism.Ithen consider the particular concept of intentionality and reasoning by analogy for different choice settings. FinallyIhave suggested a perspective based on creative behaviour and sense‐making for ill‐structured conditions.

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