Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?
November 20-22, 2008
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hosted by EIPE (Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics)
Location: Remonstrantse Kerk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Registration Deadline: November 10th, 2008
Keynote speakers:
Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University, New York University)
Paul J. Zak (Claremont Graduate University)
Don Ross (University of Alabama Birmingham, University of Cape Town)
John Davis (University of Amsterdam, Marquette University)
Uskali Mäki (University of Helsinki)
Jack Vromen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Francesco Guala (University of Exeter, San Raffaele University)
The Conference aims to offer a platform for discussing methodological and philosophical issues raised by the advent of neuroeconomics. More specifically, we invite paper submissions on the following topics:
- What standards of scientific respectability and progress are implied (or invoked) in the claim that neuroeconomics will finally move economics into its proper standing of a modern science?
- What consequences does neuroeconomics have for the subject matter, scope and method of economics?
- How do the different disciplines of economics and of cognitive neuroscience relate to each other in neuroeconomics? Does the relationship between economics on the one hand and cognitive (neuro)science on the other need to be redefined?
- Do we first need to know how different levels of analysis (e.g. of observable choice behavior, of its underlying computational algorithms and of the neural “hardware” in which they are implemented) relate to each other before we can tell how neuroeconomic evidence and findings bear on economics? If so, what levels are at stake and how are they related?
- What light can insights from contemporary philosophy of mind shed on the topics raised here?
- How is neural activity in people related to the various institutions in which they function? How can an improved understanding of neural processes inform institutional analysis?
- What is the role and place of evolutionary theory in neuroeconomics?
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Scientific Committee:
Jack Vromen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Caterina Marchionni (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Julian Reiss (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Frans van Winden (University of Amsterdam)
Location:
Remonstrantse Kerk (click for streetmap)
Museumpark 3
3015 CB Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Registration Fee:
€ 60,- for Advanced Researchers (Including PhD’s)
€ 20,- for Students
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For registration and information, contact:
Joshua Graehl
eipe-events@fwb.eur.nl
Hotel recommendations:
Eurohotel
Parkhotel
Hotel Bazar
Hotel Emma (Mention the conference to get the conferencerate)
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Restaurant recommendations (walking distance from the conference venue):
Restaurant Oliva, dinner, Italian cuisine, Witte de Withstraat 15
Gusto, dinner, Italian cuisine, Schiedamse Vest 40
Toko94, lunch & dinner, 'tropical' cuisine, Witte de Withstraat 94
Koosie restaurant, lunch & dinner, Witte de Withstraat 51
Zatkini Cafe, lunch & dinner, Witte de Withstraat 88
There are numerous places for a quick bite on the Witte de Withstraat.
The conference dinner will be held on
Thursday November 20th in Restaurant Bazar
lunch & dinner, Middle Eastern cuisine, Witte de Withstraat 16
Museums:
Museum Boymans van Beuningen
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Sonneveld house
Kunsthal
Museum Boymans van Beuningen Exhibition:
Surtout pas des Principes! Charley Toorop
Photo: Fred Ernst
Popular articles on Neuroeconomics:
BusinessWeek:
Why Logic Often Takes A Backseat
The New Yorker:
Mind Games
The New York Times:
Enter the Neuro-Economists
Brain Experts Now Follow The Money
Economic Scene; Looking inside the brains of the stingy and the openhanded.
The Guardian:
Briefing - Neuro-economics
The Economist:
Do economists need brains?
The Times:
Why say no to free money?
NewsWeek:
Minding Your Money
Financial Post:
Market mess? Blame your brain
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