Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Praxiology and Decision Theory

  • Chapter
Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs

Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library ((TDLU,volume 16))

Abstract

Praxiology and decision theory analyze phenomena of essentially the same kind. Moreover, their points of view are very similar, sometimes identical: they both try to evaluate human goal directed actions in terms of such criteria as efficacy with respect to the goal, efficiency of means applied, and the like. Yet, the two disciplines originated and developed quite independently. Even now there are very few points of actual contact. As a result, they differ considerably in the type of questions they ask, in the methods they apply, and particularly in their conceptual apparatus.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Ajdukiewicz, K. Logika pragmatyczna (in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1965. Pragmatic logic. Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bartoszynski, R. O pojęciu skutecznosci i metody działania. (On the concept of efficiency of a method, in Polish). Materiały Prakseologiczne, 1963, 6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bogdanow, A. Wsieobszczaja organizacionnaja nauka (3rd edition; 1st edition 1912 ). (General science of organization, in Russian). Leningrad, Moskwa, 1925.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bojarski, W.W. & Bojarski, N. Wartościowanie czynników trudno wymiernych w gospodarce narodowej, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem strat czasu i źycia ludzkiego. (The evaluation of hardly measurable factors in the national economy, in particular of losses of time and of human life, in Polish). Prakseologia, 1975, 53(1).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bourdeau, L. Theorie des sciences. Plan de science integrale. Paris, 1882.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dorosinski, W.C. Rozwój analizy efektow uźytkowych i jej zastosowania. (Developments in the servicability analysis and its applications, in Polish). Archiwum Inzynierii Lądowej, 1972, 18(3–4).

    Google Scholar 

  • Espinas, A. Les origines de la technologie. Revue Philosophique de la France et de l’Etranger, 1890, 30.

    Google Scholar 

  • Espinas, A. Les origines de la technologie. Paris, 1897.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W. Comments on the concept of efficiency. Kommunikation, 1969, 5 (2).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W. Kryterium i metoda wyboru rozwiazania technicznego w ujęciu prakseometrycznym. (Criterion and method of selecting a technical solution with a praxiometrical approach, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1970

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W. Prolegomena do metodologii projektowania. (An introduction to design methodology, in Polish). Prakseologia, 1972, 41, (a).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W. Systems methodology, its nature, structure and applications. Some remarks. In R.Trappl & F.P. de Hanika (Eds.), Progress in cybernetics and systems research. Washington: Hemisphere Publishing Co., 1972, (b).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W. The design activity as a subject of studying — the design methodology. Design Research and Methods, 1973, 7 (4).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gasparski, W.W., & Lewicka, A. Problematyka badan systemowych. (Problems of systems research. A tentative systematization, in Polish). Prakseologia, 1973, 46(2).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gliszczynska, X. (Ed.) Motywacja. (Motivation, in Polish). Materiały Prakseologiczne, 1964, 19. (special issue).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gliszczynska, X. (Ed.) Motywacja. (Motivation, mainly in Polish). Prakseologia, 1974, 51–52(3–4). (special issue).

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaufmann, A. The science of decision-making. An introduction to praxiology. London: World University Library, 1968.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotarbiński, T. Szkice praktyczne. (Practical essays, in Polish). Warszawa: E.Wende, 1913.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotarbiński, T. O istocie i zadaniach metodologii ogólnej — prakseologii. ( On the essence and tasks of general methodology — praxiology, in Polish ). Przegląd Filozoficzny, 1938, 1.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotarbiński, T. Traktat o dobrej robocie (in Polish). Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków: Ossolineum, 1955. Praxiology: An introduction to the science of efficient action. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1965.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotarbiński, T. Prakseologia. (Praxiology, in Polish). Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny, 1962, 6 (3).

    Google Scholar 

  • Kotarbiński, T. Od tematu do traktatu. (From the subject to the “treatise”, in Polish). Prakseologia, 1974, 50(2).

    Google Scholar 

  • Kozielecki, J. Psychologiczna teoria decyzji. (Behavioral decision theory, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1975.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lange, O. Ekonomia polityczna. (Political economy, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1959.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lange, O. Optymalne decyzje. Zasady programowania (in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1964. Optimal decisions. Principles of programming. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1971.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lange, O. Znaczenie prakseologii dla ekonomii politycznej. (The importance of praxiology for political economy, in Polish). Materiały Prakseologiczne, 1965, 20.

    Google Scholar 

  • Leniewicz, E. Dyrektywy praktyczne: Konstrukcja i uzasadniancie. (Practical directives: Construction and justification, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1971.

    Google Scholar 

  • Maldonado, T. Design, nature, and revolution. Toward a critical ecology. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

    Google Scholar 

  • Martin, M. Le travail humain, son analyse, ses lois, son evolution. Paris, 1878.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mises, L. von Nationalökonomie, Theorie des Handelns and Wirtschaftens, Geneve: Yale University Press, 1940.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mises, L. von Human action. A treatise on economics. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mouloud, N. Les structures la recherche et le savoir. Reflexion sur la methode et la philosophie des sciences exactes. Paris: Payot, 1968.

    Google Scholar 

  • M’Pherson, P.H. A perspective on systems science and systems philosophy. London: The City University, 1973, (a).

    Google Scholar 

  • M’Pherson. P.H. Systems science and interdisciplinary education. London: The City University, 1973, (b).

    Google Scholar 

  • Nowak, L. Zasady marksistowskiej filozofii nauki. Proba systematycznej rekonstrukcji. (Principles of the Marxist philosophy of science. A tentative systematic reconstruction, in Polish) Warszawa: PWN, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nowakowska, M. Niektóre aspekty prakseologiczne psychometrii. (Some praxiological aspects of psychometry, in Polish)Prakseologia, 1970, 35

    Google Scholar 

  • Nowakowska, M. Language of motivation and language of actions. The Hague: Mouton, 1973.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ostrowski, J.J. Alfred Espinas, precurseur de la praxeologie. Ses antecedents et ses successeurs. Paris: Libraire general de droit jurist etiudants, 1973.

    Google Scholar 

  • Podgorecki, A. Trzy modele socjotechniki. (Three models of sociotechnics, in Polish). Fragmenty Pilozoficzne, 1967, 3.

    Google Scholar 

  • Praxeologie. Quickborn: Schnelle-Verlag, 1966.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pszczołowski, T. Praca człowieka. (Human work, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1966.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pszczoiowski, T. Prakseologiczne sposoby usprawniania pracy. (Praxiological ways of rendering work more efficient, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1969.

    Google Scholar 

  • Radnitzky, G. Toward a theory of research, which is neither logical reconstruction, nor psychology or sociology of science. Teorie a Metoda, 1973, 5, (2).

    Google Scholar 

  • Rapp, F. (Ed.) Contributions to a philosophy of technology. Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  • Słucki, E. Ein Beitrag zur formalpraxeologischen Grundlegung der Ökonomik. Annales de la classe des sciences sociales economiques, Academie Oukrainionne des Sciences. Kiev, 1926.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stonert, H. Analiza logiczna pojęć nauki o działaniu. (A logical analysis of the concepts used in the theory of action, in Polish). Prakseologia, 1968, 29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szaniawski, K. O pojęciu skuteczności metody. (On the concept of efficiency of a method, in Polish). Materiały Prakseologiczne, 1963, 6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szaniawski, K. Preface to the book of T.Kotarbiński, ABC of practicalness (in Polish). Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1972.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szaniawski, K. Information and decision as tool of philosophy of science. Danish Yearbook of Philosophy, 1973, 10.

    Google Scholar 

  • Szaniawski, K. Logiczne aspekty optymalizacji. (Logical aspects of optimization, in Polish). Biuletyn Naukowy Instytutu Nauk Ekonomicznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1974, 32.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wasiutyński, Z. O analizie efektów uźytkowych w technice. (On the serviceability analysis in technology, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1962.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zavala, V.S. de. Indagociones praxiologicas. Sobre la actividad linguistica. Madrid, 1973.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zieleniewski, J. Organizacja zespołow ludzkich. (Organization of human teams, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1964.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zieleniewski, J. Organizacja i zarządzanie. (Organization and management, in Polish). Warszawa: PWN, 1969.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zieleniewski, J. Remarks of a Polish praxiologist on the subject of a paper by C.Gutierrez. Theory and Decision, 1971, 1.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Wojciech W. Gasparski

  2. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Klemens Szaniawski

Authors
  1. Wojciech W. Gasparski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Klemens Szaniawski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Deutschland

    Helmut Jungermann

  2. Universiteit van Amsterdam, Holland

    Gerard De Zeeuw

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1977 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht-Holland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Gasparski, W.W., Szaniawski, K. (1977). Praxiology and Decision Theory. In: Jungermann, H., De Zeeuw, G. (eds) Decision Making and Change in Human Affairs. Theory and Decision Library, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1276-8_33

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1276-8_33

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-94-010-1278-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-010-1276-8

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation