1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388912203316

Autore

Blount Charles <1654-1693.>

Titolo

The miscellaneous works of Charles Blount, Esq. .. [[electronic resource] ] : to which is prefixed the life of the author, and an account and vindication of his death : with the contents of the whole volume

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n.], 1695

Descrizione fisica

6 pts

Altri autori (Persone)

MiltonJohn <1608-1674.>

GildonCharles <1665-1724.>

Soggetti

Rationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Life of the author signed: Lindamour, Charles Gildon's pseudonym.

Place of publication from Wing.

Parts 1-5 have special title pages; pts. 5-6 paged continuously.

"In 1695 [Charles Gildon] published the Miscellaneous works of the deist, Charles Blount ... and in a preface signed Lindamour defended the practice of suicide"--DNB.

Part 5, "A just vindication of learning" follows Milton's Areopagitica closely in parts. Cf. DNB.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Nota di contenuto

(from t.p.) I. The oracles of reason (1693) -- II. Anima mundi (1679) -- III. Great is Diana of the Ephesians, or, the original of priestcraft and  idolatry (1695) -- IV. An appeal from the country to the city (1695) -- V. A just vindication of learning and the liberty of the press (1695) -- VI. A supposed dialogue betwixt the late King James and King William.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779307703321

Titolo

Cognitive processes and economic behaviour / / edited by Nicola Dimitri, Marcello Basili, and Itzhak Gilboa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-36228-5

0-203-92994-2

1-283-88812-2

1-134-36229-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Routledge Siena studies in political economy

Classificazione

83.05

Altri autori (Persone)

DimitriNicola

BasiliMarcello <1959->

GilboaItzhak

Disciplina

330/.01/9

Soggetti

Economics - Psychological aspects

Economic man

Cognition

Emotions and cognition

Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Cognitive Processes and Economic Behaviour; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction; 1. Behavioral finance and markets: Gur Huberman; 2. A non-expected glance at markets: financial models andKnightian uncertainty: Marcello Basili and Fulvio Fontini; 3. On the existence of a ""complete"" possibility structure: Adam Brandenburger; 4. Correlated communication: Nicola Dimitri; 5. A survey of Rule Learning in normal-form games: Dale O. Stahl; 6. Framing and cognition in economics: the bad news and the good: Michael Bacharach

7. Language and economics: Barton L. Lipman8. Learning from cases: a unified framework: Itzhak Gilboa and David Schmeidler; 9. Some elements of the study of language as a cognitive capacity: Luigi Rizzi; 10. Rationality, habits and freedom: Patrick Suppes; 11. For a ""cognitive program"": explicit mental representations for Homo



Oeconomicus (the case of trust): Cristiano Castelfranchi; 12. The structured event complex and the human prefrontal cortex: the economic brain: Jordan Grafman; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years the understanding of the cognitive foundations of economic behavior has become increasingly important. This volume contains contributions from such leading scholars as Adam Brandenburger, Michael Bacharach and Patrick Suppes. It will be of great interest to academics and researchers involved in the field of economics and psychology as well as those interested in political economy more generally.