Economics and the Mind

This volume brings economists and philosophers of the mind together to explore the intersection of their disciplines.

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.

Introduction Part 1: Philosophy of Mind, Neuroeconomics, and Psychology 1. Emotion: The Gaping Hole in the Center of Economic Theory 2. Ainslie's Bundling and Resolute Choice 3. The Economics of the Sub-Personal: Two Research Programs 4. Behavioral Economics, Neuroeconomics and Identity 5. Language, Monetary Exchange and the Structure of the Economic Universe: An Austrian-Searlean Synthesis 6. Putting the Brakes on Vehicle Externalism: Two Economic Examples Part 2: Agency, Preferences and Reasons 7. There are Preferences and then There are Preferences 8. Freedom of Choice: Reconsidering Sen's Case for Expanding Choices 9. Does Homo Economicus Have a Will? 10. Rationalizing Cooperation: Towards a More Robust Conception of Collective Intentionality 11. Adding Reasons Up 12. Externalism, Expensive Tastes and Equality