Choice and the Social Sciences

Abstract

This is a set of sections excised from a substantial essay too long to publish, namely from “Choosing among Projects of Action” (1951), reprinted in CP I. This text also contributes importantly to Schutz’s theory of economics.

Most of the present essay was found among Alfred Schutz’s papers. It was carefully typed, labeled “Tannersville, September 8, 1945” at the end, bore the title “Paralipomena to the Paper ‘Choosing among Projects of Action,’” and included instructions on how its parts might be combined with those of the mentioned paper, which was reprinted in CP I. It seems likely that a rather long essay was originally prepared only parts of which were published. I have supplied the title, and, for the sake of the argument, included the first three sections of “Choosing among Projects of Action” as the first, third, and fourth sections here, in accordance with the author’s instructions, as well as two previously published paragraphs from the same source in footnote 3. Minor changes in wording have been made throughout the essay. LEE