Mindscapes and Landscapes: Hayek and Simon on Cognitive Extension
Chapter 9 from Hayek and Behavioral Economics. agnoseologyBehavioral economicsBounded Rationalitycognitive closurecomplexityDescartesExtended cognitionExtended MindExternalismFriedrich HayekHerbert Simon
View ArticleHarris in conversation with Kahneman
The Harris-Kahneman chat is here. Below is my entry for Kahneman in Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Amos TverskyBehavioral economicsCognitive...
View ArticleThe digital world, cognition and behaviour
Herbert Simon Society call for papers. For a comprehensive overview of Simon’s work by a Who’s Who of writers, check out this collection of essays. Behavioral economicsBounded...
View ArticleTowards a Rational Theory of Heuristics
The third in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Gerd Gigerenzer Herbert Simon left us with an unfinished task: a theory of...
View ArticleThe Beginnings of Behavioral Economics
My chum and sometime collaborator Roger Frantz has a new book out. Friedrich HayekDaniel KahnemanHerbert SimonBehavioral economicsRichard Thalerroger frantzAmos TverskyHarvey LeibensteinGeorge...
View ArticleFrom Bounded Rationality to Expertise
The ninth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Fernand Gobet Introduction Historically, a pervasive assumption in the...
View ArticleMultiple Equilibria, Bounded Rationality, and the Indeterminacy of Economic...
The tenth in a series of excerpts from Minds, Models and Milieux: Commemorating the Centennial of the Birth of Herbert Simon. Morris Altman A critical point made by behavioral economists from a wide...
View ArticleDenis Hilton: 1955-2021
On the 11th of February Denis Hilton passed away. He was a great cognitive psychologist who made important advancements in social cognition, decision making and behavioral finance. The Hilton-Slugoski...
View ArticleHerbert Gintis
I’ve just learnt of the death of Herb Gintis. Here is an obituary. I’d met him at a San Diego meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics in 2010. Lovely and interesting man....
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