Hartmut Kliemt

Philosophy and Economics

Methods and Models

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy and Economics I, treats "Methods and Models" of "Economic Philosophy". "Philosophy and Economics II" deals with "Morals". In both cases an effort to integrate many strands of modern philosophy and economics via decision theoretic language is made. Regardless of this decision theoretic background the treatment is non-technical. The aspiration is to sketch some tools that may be used in search of what philosophers call a "wide reflective equilibrium" on foundational matters of economics as well as of philosophy. The presentation will enable an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate student from fields like, philosophy, economics, law (legal philosophy and law &, economics), political science and sociology to use the tools, arguments and paradigm examples provided to search for her or his own reflective equilibrium on matters of economic philosophy. Specialists from the aforementioned fields may find the text useful, too, as an accessible account of an increasingly elaborate intellectual discourse on "philosophy, politics and economics".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oldenbourg
• Seitenzahl: 157
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm
• ISBN-13: 9783486589665
• ISBN-10: 3486589660
• Artikelnr.: 26106821

Inhaltsangabe

1;Preamble and overview;6
1.1;Preamble;6
1.2;Overview;8
1.3;Reading the book;9
2;Contents;10
3;Part 1:Looking at the WorldThrough DifferentWindows;12
3.1;1 The hidden side of the invisible hand ;14
3.2;2 Dual Ways of World Making;26
3.2.1;2.1 Layers of things and theories;27
3.2.2;2.2 Being is perceiving (esse est percipii);29
3.2.3;2.3 From and to the skies;33
4;Part 2:Elementary conceptsand models of rationalchoice analysis;54
4.1;3 Models of Action;56
4.1.1;3.1 The Hobbesian roots of rational choice;57
4.1.2;3.2 Given preferences and explanations;59
4.1.3;3.3 Minimal rationality of a single actor;65
4.1.4;3.4 Understanding preference representations;78
4.1.5;3.5 The minimal rationality of Ulysses and the principle of intervention;80
4.2;4 Models of interaction;86
4.2.1;4.1 Prisoner s dilemma and some concepts of strategic analysis;86
4.2.2;4.2 Some elementary games in strategic form;100
4.3;5 Plan, Play and the Limits of Rational Choice;112
4.3.1;5.1 Plan vs. play;113
4.3.2;5.2 Trust and Commitment;123
4.3.3;5.3 Rational choice analysis at the limit;136
4.4;6 Two perspectives in one163;144
4.4.1;6.1 Alchian s paradigm;144
4.4.2;6.2 Evolution of individual rule-following behavior;146
4.5;7 Conclusions;156
4.5.1;7.1 Rational community and the participant s attitude;156
4.5.2;7.2 Moral community and the participant s attitude;157
4.5.3;7.3 Against nature or other minds?;160
4.6;8 References to volume 1;162

Rezensionen

"...it shows that moral considerations like commitment can profitably be included in economic modeling. It is recommended to readers who are interested in improving their understanding of the economic method and in the application of analytic tools to clarify problems of ethic." (Social Choice and Welfare, 13.05.2010)