The Debate on Philosophy of Science of Simon's Decision-Making Theory.
Keywords:
Philosophy of science, Decision-making theory, Ontology, EpistemologyAbstract
The changing of public administration theory in the third paradigm emerged from the critique on the principle paradigm by Herbert A. Simon. He criticizes the principles of public administration is just a proverb and argue that the decision-making theory is the core of administration. This challenges the status quo of the public administration body of knowledge. This analysis finds out that what is kind of the philosophy of science of Simon’s the Decision-making theory? The paper analyzes on documentary and textual analysis. The result of analysis found that Simon’s the decision-making theory has base on the foundationalist ontology that human free from the natural truth and value -free. The epistemology is the positivism that use the methodology of scientific approach with scientific experimental mathematic and equation to explain the human decision. The unit of analysis is the individual level.
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