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Behavioral (pico)economics and the brain sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Don Ross  and
David Spurrett
Don Ross*
Affiliation:
Departments of Philosophy and Economics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL35294-1260 and School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africahttp://www.uab.edu/philosophy/ross.html
David Spurrett*
Affiliation:
School of Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban4041, South Africahttp://www.nu.ac.za/undphil/spurrett/
*
dross@commerce.uct.ac.za
spurrett@ukzn.ac.za
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Abstract

Supporters of Ainslie's model face questions about its integration with neuroscience. Although processes of value estimation may well turn out to be locally implemented, methodological reasons suggest this is less likely in the case of subpersonal “interests.”

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 659 - 660
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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