Comments and Entries

2021

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000941
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000357

“Is ‘Willpower’ a Scientific Concept? Overcoming Weakness of Will contra Overcoming Weakness of Resolve.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2021, 44, E43, pp. 39-40. (Invited commentary on George Ainslie’s “Willpower With and Without Effort,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2021, 44, E30. https://doi:10.1017/S0140525X20000357)

2021

https://www.adamsmithworks.org/

14. “Why does Rotten Food have Repulsive Smell? Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand.” www.AdamSmithWorks.org (Liberty Fund), 2021, forthcoming.

2021

https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/adam-smith-paradox-of-tragedy

“Is the Loss of a Mistress More Tragic than the Loss of a Leg? Solving the Paradox of Tragedy à la Adam Smith.” https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/adam-smith-paradox-of-tragedy (liberty Fund), 10 February 2021.

2020

https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/ibn-khaldoun-and-adam-smith
http://economicstudents.com/2016/08/ibn-khaldun-adam-smith-heroes-modern-times/

“Ibn Khaldoun and Adam Smith—Two Heroes of the Modern Age.” https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/ibn-khaldoun-and-adam-smith (Liberty Fund), 11 November 2020. (Originally appeared in Short Supply, August 1, 2016 (The Economics Student Society of Australia http://economicstudents.com/2016/08/ibn-khaldun-adam-smith-heroes-modern-times/)

2018

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001668

“Does Identity Fusion Give Rise to the Group--or the Reverse? Politics- vs. Community-Based Groups.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2018, 41, e205. Published online: 27 December 2018 (Invited commentary on Harvey Whitehouse’s "Dying for The Group: Towards a General Theory of Extreme Self-Sacrifice,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2018.)

2015

“Anomalies (economic behavior).” In Morris Altman (ed.) Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood (ABC-CLIO), 2015, pp. 19-20.

2015

“Irrationality and Sub-rationality.” In Morris Altman (ed.) Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood (ABC-CLIO), 2015, pp. 226-229.

2014

https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13002355
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13000903

20. “Deciphering Mirror Neurons: Rational-Decision vs. Associative-Learning.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2014, 37:2, pp. 206-207. (Invited commentary on Richard Cook, Geoffrey Bird, Caroline Catmur, Clare Press, and Cecilia Heyes’s "Mirror Neurons: From Origin to Function,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2014, 37:2, pp. 177–192.

2013

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12002403
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12000477

21. “Two Kinds of Theory-Laden Cognitive Processes: Distinguishing Intransigence from Dogmatism.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 38-39. (Invited commentary on Andy Clark’s "Whatever Next? Predictive Brains, Situated Agents, and the Future of Cognitive Science," Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 1-24.)

2013

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12003159
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X12001525

“Disentangling the Order Effect from the Context Effect: Analogies, Homologies and Quantum Probability.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 293-294. (Invited commentary on Emmanuel M. Pothos and Jerome R. Busemeyer’s "Can Quantum Probability Provide a New Direction for Cognitive Modeling?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2013, 36:3, pp. 255–274.)

2011

http://journals.cambridge.org/repo_A80EV6mR

“The Weightless Hat: Is Self-Deception Optimal?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34:1, pp. 30-31. (Invited commentary on William von Hippel and Robert Trivers’ “The Evolution and Psychology of Self-Deception.”)

2011

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2010.08.006

“How not to Think about Moral Values.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2011, 77:2, pp. 234-238. (Invited commentary on Paul Zak’s “Moral Markets.”)

2009

https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744137409001325

“Self-Deceit and Self-Serving Bias: Adam Smith on ‘General Rules`.” Journal of Institutional Economics, August 2009, 5:2, pp. 251-258. (It includes a long excerpt from Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1976, pp. 156-161.)

2009

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09000375

“Are Stomachs Rational?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, February 2009, 32:1, pp. 91-92. (Invited commentary on Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater’s Bayesian Rationality: The Probabilistic Approach to Human Reasoning.)

2008

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08004858

“Are Addictions ‘Biases and Errors’ in the Rational Decision Process?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, August 2008, 31:4, pp. 449-450. (Invited commentary on A. David Redish, Steve Jensen, and Adam Johnson’s “A Unified Framework for Addiction: Vulnerabilities in the Decision Process.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31:4, pp. 415-437.)

2008

“Tastes.” International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr., Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008, pp. 266-270.

2008

“Economics.” American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia, edited by John Lachs and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 203-4.

2007

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X07002373

“Animal Innovation and Rationality: Distinguishing Productivity from Efficiency.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, August 2007, 30:4, pp. 414-415. (Invited commentary on Grant Ramsey, Meredith L. Bastian, and Carel van Schaik’s “Animal Innovation Defined and Operationalized” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2007, 30, pp. 393–437.)

2007

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137407000677

“Ibn Khaldûn on Property Rights, The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History.” Journal of Institutional Economics, August 2007, 3:2, pp. 227-238. (It includes a long excerpt (pp. 233-238) from Ibn Khaldûn’s The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History.)

2007

https://doi.org/10.1177/009430610603600258

“Comment." (Ibn Khaldûn as neither “Muslim” nor “Arab”). Contemporary Sociology, March 2007, 36:2, pp. 204-205. (followed by a reply by Lawrence Rosen.)

2004

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2681(03)00109-4

“Is a Group Better Off with More Altruists? Not Necessarily.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 53, pp. 89-92. (Invited commentary on Joseph Henrich’s “Cultural Group Selection, Coevolutionary Processes, and Large-Scale Cooperation,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 53:1, pp. 3-35.)

2002

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X02370055

“Is the Prisoner’s Dilemma Metaphor Suitable for Altruism? Distinguishing Self-Control and Commitment from Altruism.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002, 25:2, pp. 264-265. (Invited commentary on Howard Rachlin’s “Altruism and Selfishness,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002.)

2002

https://doi.org/10.3917/rel.674.0421

“Similarity vs. Familiarity: When Empathy Becomes Egocentric.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, February 2002, 25:1, p. 41. (Invited commentary on Stephanie D. Preston and Frans B.M. de Waal’s “Empathy: Its Ultimate and Approximate Bases,” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, April 2002.)

1998-1999

“Commitment, the Multiple-Self Approach, and Communitarianism.” The Responsive Community, Winter 1998/99, 9:1, pp. 113-119. (Invited essay on the occasion of Amitai Etzioni's 70th birthday).

1997

“Can Artificial Selection Remedy the Failing of Natural Selection with Regard to Scientific Validation?” Evolution and Cognition, Spring 1997, 3:1, pp. 71-74. (Invited commentary on Donald Campbell's evolutionary epistemology, Evolution and Cognition, 1997.)

1997

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03039616

“Organism and Organization” (a review article of Robert Rosen's Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life). Biology & Philosophy, January 1997, 12:1, pp. 119-126.

1996

https://doi.org/10.1080/13501789600000023

“Efficiency, Nature and the Division of Labor” (a review article of James Bernard Murphy's The Moral Economy of Labor: Aristotelian Themes in Economic Theory). Journal of Economic Methodology, December 1996, 3:2, pp. 334-342.

1996

https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:173905667

“Networks and Organizations.” In Malcolm Warner (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Business and Management, six volumes, vol. 4, pp. 3629-3636. London: International Thomson Business Press, 1996. (Reprinted in Concise IEBM, one volume, 1997, pp. 486-493.)

1994

https://doi.org/10.1080/13501789400000010

“Kenneth E. Boulding: 1910-1993.” Journal of Economic Methodology, June 1994, 1:1, pp. 161-166.

1994

“Trust.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, L-Z. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 339-346.

1994

“Rules.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, L-Z. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 253-264.

1994

“Entropy and Economics.” In Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Warren J. Samuels, and Marc R. Tool (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Institutional and Evolutionary Economics, A-K. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 1994, pp. 186-193.

1993

“Does Theory of Rationality Need Folk Psychology?” (a review article of J. Gay Tulip Meeks's (ed.) Thoughtful Economic Man: Essays on Rationality, Moral Rules and Benevolence). Methodus, June 1993, 5:1, pp. 140-143.

1992

https://doi.org/10.3233/HSM-1992-11208

“Hayek's Spontaneous Order and Varela's Autopoiesis: A Comment.” Human Systems Management, 1992, 11:2, pp. 101-105.