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Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Khalil, Elias L.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Organisms change their shape and behavior during ontogenesis in response to incentives—what biologists call “phenotypic plasticity” or what is called here more specifically “behavioral plasticity.” Such plasticity is usually in the direction of enhancing welfare or fitness. In light of basic concepts in economics, such behavioral plasticity is nothing but rationality. Such rationality is not limited to organisms with neural systems. It also characterizes brainless organisms such as plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms. The gist of the article is the distinction between rationality and intelligence. Whereas rationality is ubiquitous in all organisms, intelligence varies in degrees depending on division of labor that may involve the evolution of a neural system. This article aims to defend the universality of rationality—the Organismus oeconomicus hypothesis. It argues that neither the notion of bounded rationality of behavioral economics nor Herbert Simon’s “procedural rationality” can ultimately undermine the Organismus oeconomicus hypothesis.
Starting Page	53
Ending Page	66
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15555542
Journal	Biological Theory
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15555550
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-04-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Philosophy of Biology bounded rationality Organismus automaton unbounded optimization bounded optimization procedural rationality selection optimization Evolutionary Biology Cognitive Psychology Organismus oeconomicus rationality optimization
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics History and Philosophy of Science

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