There exists no pattern of activity for which an imaginative analyst cannot write a large number of objective functions such that the pattern of activity maximizes each function.
Allison uses the theorem to attack any social science analysis that assumes a measure of rationality on the part of the actors.
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rationality, theorem, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, learn, when,. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Rationality theorem news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The rationality theorem is a theory introduced by political scientist Graham Allison in his book Essence of Decision Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis His definition of the rationality theorem states There exists no pattern of activity for which an imaginative analyst cannot write a large number of objective functions such that the pattern of activity maximizes each function Allison uses the theorem to attack any social science analysis that assumes a measure of rationality on the part of the actors This article about politics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rationality theorem amp oldid 1205770591, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
