Howard Margolis

Howard Margolis(1932 – April 29, 2009) was an American social scientist.

Early life

He earned aBAin Government fromHarvard Universityin 1953 and aPhDin Political Science fromMITin 1979.

Career

From 1990 to 2009, he was on the faculty of theUniversity of Chicagoand taught as well at the University of Chicago'sHarris School of Public Policy Studies.

Focus

His work on social theory focuses on individual choice and judgments shaping aggregate social outcomes and involved mathematical modeling. Margolis also published extensively oncognition,public policy,and thehistory of science.

Bibliography

• Margolis, Howard (2007).Cognition and Extended Rational Choice.New York: Routledge.
• Margolis, Howard (2002).It Started with Copernicus: How Turning the World Inside Out Led to the Scientific Revolution.McGraw-Hill.
• Margolis, Howard (1996).Dealing with Risk: Why Expert and Lay Intuition Conflict, and What Might Be Done about It'. University of Chicago Press.
• Margolis, Howard (1993).Paradigms and Barriers: How Habits of Mind Govern Scientific Belief.University of Chicago Press.
• Margolis, Howard (1987).Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition: A Theory of Judgment.University of Chicago Press.
• Margolis, Howard (1982).Selfishness, Altruism, and Rationality: A Theory of Social Choice.Cambridge Press.