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Jon Elster, the Glossary

Jon Elster (born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France.^[1]

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21st-century Norwegian philosophers
Jean Nicod Prize laureates
Norwegian political philosophers

Academia Europaea

The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences.

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Acta Sociologica

Acta Sociologica is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of sociology.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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An Introduction to Karl Marx

An Introduction to Karl Marx is a 1986 book about the philosopher Karl Marx by the social and political theorist Jon Elster.

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Analytic philosophy

Analytic philosophy is a broad, contemporary movement or tradition within Western philosophy and especially anglophone philosophy, focused on analysis.

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Analytical Marxism

Analytical Marxism is an academic school of Marxist theory which emerged in the late 1970s, largely prompted by G. A. Cohen's Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence (1978).

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École normale supérieure (Paris)

The – PSL (also known as ENS,, Ulm or ENS Paris) is a grande école in Paris, France.

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Bjørn Erik Rasch

Bjørn Erik Rasch (born 15 October 1953) is an alumnus of the University of Oslo (1982), where he has been a Professor since 1994. Jon Elster and Bjørn Erik Rasch are Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and Norwegian political scientists.

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Collège de France

The, formerly known as the or as the Collège impérial founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment in France.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (post-nominal letters FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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G. A. Cohen

Gerald Allan Cohen (14 April 1941 – 5 August 2009) was a Canadian political philosopher who held the positions of Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford.

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Game theory

Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions.

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Gloria Origgi

Gloria Origgi (born 1967) is an Italian philosopher at the CNRS in Paris (Institut Jean Nicod) who works on the theory of mind, epistemology and social sciences applied to new technology.

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Jean Nicod Prize

The Jean Nicod Prize is awarded annually in Paris to a leading philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. Jon Elster and Jean Nicod Prize are Jean Nicod Prize laureates.

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Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (Skytteanska priset) was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University.

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John Roemer

John E. Roemer (born February 1, 1945, in Washington, D.C., to Ruth Roemer and Milton Roemer, namesake of Roemer's law) is an American economist and political scientist. Jon Elster and John Roemer are Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy.

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John von Neumann Award

The John von Neumann Award (Neumann János-díj), named after John von Neumann, is given annually by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies in Budapest, to an outstanding scholar in the exact social sciences, whose works have had substantial influence over a long period of time on the studies and intellectual activity of the students of the college.

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Karl Marx

Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.

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List of political theorists

A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy.

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London Review of Books

The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British literary magazine published bimonthly (twice a month) that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.

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Magli Elster

Magli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.

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Making Sense of Marx

Making Sense of Marx is a 1985 book about Karl Marx by the social and political theorist Jon Elster, in which the author reevaluates Marx's ideas.

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Martin Hollis (philosopher)

James Martin Hollis (14 March 1938 – 27 February 1998) was an English rationalist philosopher. Jon Elster and Martin Hollis (philosopher) are philosophers of social science.

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Methodological individualism

In the social sciences, methodological individualism is a framework that describes social phenomena as a consequence of subjective personal motivations by individual actors.

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National University of Colombia

The National University of Colombia is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Cesar.

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Neoclassical economics

Neoclassical economics is an approach to economics in which the production, consumption, and valuation (pricing) of goods and services are observed as driven by the supply and demand model.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Jon Elster and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters are Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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Norwegian Sociology Canon

The Norwegian Sociology Canon (Norsk sosiologisk kanon) is an award presented from 2009 to 2011 to 25 nonfiction texts, that are considered to have had the greatest influence on sociology in Norway.

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) is a public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment.

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NRK

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norwegian Realm Broadcasting), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-controlled radio and television broadcasting company.

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Oslo

Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Paris Sciences et Lettres University

Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL University or simply PSL) is a public research university and Grand établissement based in Paris, France.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Philosophy in this sense means how social science integrates with other related scientific disciplines, which implies a rigorous, systematic endeavor to build and organize knowledge relevant to the interaction between individual people and their wider social involvement.

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Political philosophy

Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them.

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Political science

Political science is the scientific study of politics.

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Precommitment

In psychology, precommitment is a strategy or a method of self-control that a person or organisation may use to restrict the number of choices available to them at a future time.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Public choice

Public choice, or public choice theory, is "the use of economic tools to deal with traditional problems of political science."Gordon Tullock, 1987 2008, "public choice," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

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Rational choice theory

Rational choice theory refers to a set of guidelines that help understand economic and social behaviour.

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Raymond Aron

Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Jon Elster and Raymond Aron are academic staff of the Collège de France.

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Robert K. Merton

Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 25, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. Jon Elster and Robert K. Merton are Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy.

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Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.

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Stockholm University

Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960.

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Structural functionalism

Structural functionalism, or simply functionalism, is "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability".

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The Fox and the Grapes

The Fox and the Grapes is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 15 in the Perry Index.

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Time preference

In economics, time preference (or time discounting,. delay discounting, temporal discounting, long-term orientation) is the current relative valuation placed on receiving a good or some cash at an earlier date compared with receiving it at a later date.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Elster

, Time preference, Torcuato di Tella University, Torolf Elster, UCLouvain, University of Chicago, University of Oslo, University of Paris, University of Valencia.

Jon Elster, the Glossary

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21st-century Norwegian philosophers

Jean Nicod Prize laureates

Norwegian political philosophers

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