1st Edition

Economics and the Mind

By Barbara Montero, Mark D. White Copyright 2007
236 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Economics is often defined as the science of choice or human action. But choice and action are essentially mental phenomena, an aspect rarely mentioned in the economics discourse.  Choice, while not always a conscious or rational process, is held to involve beliefs, desires, intentions and arguably even free will. Actions are often opposed to mere bodily movements, with the former being in... Read more

Introduction Barbara Montero and Mark D. White  Part 1: Philosophy of Mind, Neuroeconomics, and Psychology  1. Emotion: The Gaping Hole in the Center of Economic Theory George Ainslie  2. Ainslie’s Bundling and Resolute Choice Edward F. McClennen  3. The Economics of the Sub-Personal: Two Research Programs Don Ross  4. Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics and Identity John B. Davis  5. Language, Monetary Exchange and the Structure of the Economic Universe: An Austrian-Searlean Synthesis Steven Horwitz  6. Putting the Brakes on Vehicle Externalism: Two Economic Examples Dan Fitzpatrick  Part 2: Agency, Preferences and Reasons  7. There are Preferences and then There are Preferences Chrisoula Andreou  8. Freedom of Choice: Reconsidering Sen’s Case for Expanding Choices David George  9. Does Homo Economicus Have a Will? Mark D. White  10. Rationalizing Cooperation: Towards a More Robust Conception of Collective Intentionality Hans-Bernhard Schmid  11. Adding Reasons Up William A. Edmundson  12. Externalism, Expensive Tastes and Equality Keith Dowding

Biography

Barbara Montero is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Mark D. White is Associate Professor of Economics, they are both at the College of Staten Island and CUNY Graduate Center, USA.