ABSTRACT
Cognitive Developments in Economics proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human problem solving, choice, decision-making and change, to explain economic transactions, and the nature and evolution of organisations and institutions. The book contributes to a large spectrum of economic fields such as consumer theory, economics of the
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|31 pages
Discrepancies: competing theories and ideologies as cognitive traps: the scientific discovery as puzzle-solving
The scientific discovery as puzzle- solving
chapter 2|1 pages
Cognitive science meets evolutionary theory
What implications does evolutionary psychology have for economic theorising?
chapter 4|6 pages
Accounting for social knowledge in economic analysis
The relevance of Adam Smith’s framework
chapter 5|3 pages
The making of a behavioural economist: Herbert A. Simon and the early evolution of bounded rationality
Herbert A. Simon and the early evolution of bounded rationality*
chapter 6|2 pages
The rhetorical dimensions of bounded rationality
Herbert A. Simon and organizational economics
chapter 11|12 pages
Interactive learning and technological knowledge
The localised character of innovation processes
chapter 16|3 pages
Problem complexity and problem representation: some implications for the theory of economic institutions
Some implications for the theory of economic institutions Abstract