A couple of days ago, we successfully finished our capstone INSOSCI book symposium bringing together neuroscientists, philosophers, economists and social scientists to discuss what emerged as the core topical concern: social neuroeconomics, the integration of the neurosciences and the social sciences under the auspices of economics. In my own contribution, I introduced the argument that... READ MORE

Multidisciplinary terminology in herding research In this project, we are recurrently confronted with the fact that multidisciplinary research always has to cope with discipline-specific terminology. For example, Banerjee (1992) introduced a sequential decision model for herding behavior. In order to visualize his model, he developed a thought experiment involving a queue of persons in front... READ MORE

Recently, a young philosopher, Kathi Beier, presented a paper on the virtue ethics of Aristoteles and Thomas at the Max Weber Centre, my institution. That was very inspiring against the backdrop of the current foundational debates that I discussed in previous blogs. I think that reflecting on Aristotle can even provide insight for modern neuroscience... READ MORE