WORDS, OBJECT AND EVENTS IN ECONOMICS : the making of economic theory.

Acknowledgement
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: Made with Words
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 The Objects of Nature and the Objects of Thought
	1.3 What Is Intentionality?
	1.4 Is This Just a Question of Complexity?
	1.5 Do Economic Objects Exist?
	References
Chapter 2: An Essay on Humble Economics
	2.1 Introductory Remarks
	2.2 Disentangling the Idea of a Humble Science
	2.3 Classical Economics as a Humble Science
	2.4 Metaphysics of Economic Systems
	2.5 D. Colander’s Plea for Creating Humble Economists
	2.6 Conclusions
	References
Chapter 3: What Is Economics for?
	3.1 The Philosophy of Social Science and Pragmatism
	References
Chapter 4: Should Economics Make a Pragmatic Turn? John Dewey, Karl Polanyi, and Critique of Economic Naturalism
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Our Problematic Situation: Mainstream Economics and the Legacy of Naturalism
	4.3 Overcoming the Limits of Rational Choice: Pragmatism and Institutionalism
	4.4 Embedded Markets and the Importance of Institutions
	4.5 Concluding Remarks
	References
Chapter 5: Moral Economics – A Theoretical Basis for Building the Next Economic System
	5.1 Introduction
		5.1.1 Outline and Method
		5.1.2 Baseline Assumptions
		5.1.3 The Approach
	5.2 Conceptual History and Ideological Context
		5.2.1 A Brief History of the Moral Economic Concept
		5.2.2 Ideological Context and Positioning
	5.3 Adam Smith Revisited
		5.3.1 The Moral Structure of Society
		5.3.2 The Durability of a Bottom-Up Economic System
		5.3.3 Wrong at Its Roots – What the Broader System Is Actually Built Upon
	5.4 Mechanisms and Structures
		5.4.1 Homo moralis and Rational Selflessness
		5.4.2 The Sharing Multiplier
		5.4.3 The Basic Equation
		5.4.4 The Moral Economic Measurement of Inequalities
	5.5 Tools and Solutions
		5.5.1 Robotization and Universal Basic Income
		5.5.2 Blockchain in the Moral Economy
		5.5.3 Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Minds
	5.6 Outlook (Into Space)
	5.7 Conclusion
	References
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Chapter 6: How (Not) to Connect Ethics and Economics: Epistemological and Metaethical Problems for the Perfectly Competitive Market
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Heath’s Market Failures Approach
	6.3 A Metaethical Objection to Deriving Moral Obligations from the Model of the Perfectly Competitive Market
	6.4 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7: Research Ethics in Economics: What If Economists and Their Subjects Are Not Rational?
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Primum Non Nocere
	7.3 Post-factual Economics
	7.4 The “New” Dichotomy
	7.5 Looking Forward
	References
Chapter 8: Economic Choice Revisited: Lessons from Pre-modern Thinkers
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Neoclassical Account of Economic Agency
		8.2.1 Economic Agent – ‘Not Human But Important’
		8.2.2 The Peculiar Concept of Preferences
	8.3 Pre-modern Economic Thought: Self-Development and Practical Reason
		8.3.1 Practical Wisdom in Aristotle
		8.3.2 Aquinas and the Scholastics: The economic Realm as Space for Personal Development
		8.3.3 Moral Maturation in Adam Smith
	8.4 Towards a Better Explanation of Choice
	8.5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 9: Between Individual and Collective Rationality
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 The Problem of Irreducibility of Collective Rationality to Individual Rationality
	9.3 The Bounded Rationality Versus the Variety of Human Nature
		9.3.1 Individuals Are Not Rational in the Neoclassical Sense
		9.3.2 The Behaviour That Seems Irrational Can Lead to Rational Results
	9.4 Information, Complexity and the Principle of Emergence
	9.5 Complexity and Institutions: Institutions as the Embodiment of Collective Rationality
	9.6 Institutions and Human Emotions
	9.7 The Institution of Innovative Entrepreneurship
	9.8 The Prisoner’s Dilemma, the “Shadow of the Future” and Institutionalization of Emotions
	9.9 Concluding Remarks
	References
Chapter 10: Naturalisation of Normative Economics
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 The Normative Problem in Naturalised Jurisprudence
	10.3 Evolutionary Philosophy of Law
	10.4 Neglected Cultural Evolution and the Emergence of the Normative Order
	10.5 The Pursuit of Wellbeing May Be Maladaptive
	10.6 Concluding Remarks: Threefold Undecidability of the Normative Problem
	References
Chapter 11: Beyond Mere Utility-Maximisation. Towards an Axiologically Enriched Account of Well-being
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Against the Non-normative Account of Well-being
	11.3 The Normative Account of Well-being
		11.3.1 The Exclusive Approach: Well-being as Unconstrained Pursuit of Prudential Values
		11.3.2 The Inclusive Approach: Well-being as Constrained Pursuit of Prudential Values
	11.4 Concluding Thoughts
	References
Chapter 12: Identity Theories in Economics: A Phenomenological Approach
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 A Notion of Economics and Requirements for a Corresponding Concept of Identity
	12.3 Identity Theories in Economics
		12.3.1 Akerlof and Kranton
		12.3.2 Amartya Sen
		12.3.3 Kirman and Teschl
		12.3.4 John Davis
	12.4 An Alternative Proposal for the Definition of Personal Identity
	12.5 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 13: Temporal Structures of Justification in the Economic Analysis of Law: Legal Philosophy and Free Will
	13.1 Economic Analysis of Law
	13.2 Theoretical Time-Privileging
	13.3 Temporal Structures of Moral Decision Making
	13.4 Time and Free Will
	13.5 Free Will and Legal Rights
	13.6 Holism of Time-Value
	13.7 So What?
	References
Index