The rationality postulate in economics: its ambiguity, its deficiency and its evolutionary alternative

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Environmental cognitions, land change, and social–ecological feedbacks: an overview (2013, background): “Second, the theory must make claims about the ‘factual adequacy and instrumental suitability of a person’s beliefs and preferences’ (Vanberg 2004), which may take different forms, such as the successful maximization of utility (i.”
From simplistic to complex systems in economics (2005, background): “The sacrifice of Smith’s emphasis on the evolution of the institutions of capitalism in favour of exercises in calculus borrowed from physics is viewed as an entirely unsatisfactory basis for understanding how an economy works (Vanberg (2004)).”
In defence of generalized Darwinism (2008, methodology): “The paradigm of program-based behaviour has been applied to economics by Vanberg (2002, 2004) and has strong similarities with Holland’s (1995) theory of adaptive agents.”