Philosophy of Economics (Philosophy)

The economic entomologist: an interview with Alan Kirman

by Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE)

Pre-published contribution.
Forthcoming in EJPE volume 4, issue 2, 2011.

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by Dr. Barbara Blake Gonzalez

Bounded rationality in the social Sciences.

by J. Francisco Álvarez

with Javier Echeverría.

Responsabilidad, confianza y modelos humanos

by J. Francisco Álvarez

Isegoría, No 29 (2003):51-68 

Personal responsibility could be understood as a value that individuals try to satisfice instead to optimize. Usual... more Personal responsibility could be understood as a value that individuals try to satisfice instead to optimize. Usual dilemmas between rational choice and other processes linked both to our emotions and agency, are not actual dilemmas. We analyse personal responsibility and trust as two devices that contribute to build on a complementary view of rationality that overcome narrow notions. From Aristotle to Adam Smith there are philosophical insights that go round this topic. Our bounded rationality is an interwoven process that help us to elucidate three apparent dichotomies in moral studies very well exposed by Amartya Sen.

An Embarrassment of Riches: Modeling Social Preferences in Ultimatum Games

by Cristina Bicchieri

published in U. Maki (ed.) Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics, Elsevier 2010

A comparison of three different models of social preferences:  inequity aversion, reciprocity and conditional... more A comparison of three different models of social preferences:  inequity aversion, reciprocity and conditional preference for following social norms.