Philosophy and Economics

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;5.2Trust 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