Centre Discussion Paper Series

Editor: Max Steuer|

2006

• From Philanthropy to "Altruism": Incorporating Unselfish Behavior into Economics, 1961-1975
  Philippe Fontaine, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (DP 81/06)
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• Propensities in Quantum Mechanics
  Mauricio Suárez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (DP 80/06)
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• Epistemic Virtues and Theory Choice in Economics
  Ivan Moscati, Bocconi University (DP 79/06)
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• On the Confirmation of the Law of Demand
  Philippe Mongin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique & HEC School of Management, Paris (DP 78/06)
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2005

• Human Hand-Walkers: Five Siblings Who Never Stood Up 
  Nicholas Humphrey, John R. Skoyles LSE
  Roger Keynes, University of Cambridge (DP 77/05)
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• When Evidence is not in the Mean 
  Marcel Boumans (DP 76/05)
  PDFTransparency, Accountability and Rationality 
  Jeremy Hardie, LSE (DP 74/05)
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2004

• Bayesian Information Logic and Fallacy 
  Kevin B. Korb, Monash University (DP 73/04)  PDF
  
• When the Interplay Between Evidence and Theory Becomes Tension: Dr Hahnemann's Homeopathic Medicine 
  Valeria Mosini, LSE (DP 72/04)
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• Perpetuated Negotiation in the 'Directed Mutation' Debate &/190; Towards an Anatomy of Protracted Scientific Controversy 
  Louise Jarvis, LSE (DP 71/04)
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2003

• Is Dissent a Challenge to the Rationality of Science? Kitcher on the division of cognitive Labour
  Gabriele Contessa, LSE (DP 70/03)
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• Science in Another Way?
  Max Steuer, LSE (DP 69/03)
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• How to Educate a Scientist
  Anthony O'Hear and Michael Redhead, LSE (DP 68/03)
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• Broome's Axiomatic Utilitarianism
  Richard Bradley, LSE (DP 67/03)
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2002

• The Pragmatics of Scientific Representation  
  Mauricio Suárez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (DP 66/02)
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• In What Sense is the Kolmogorov-Sinal Entropy a Measure for Chaotic Behaviour - Bridging the Gap Between Dynamical Systems Theory and Communication Theory
  Roman Frigg, LSE (DP 65/02)
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• Nationality and the Methodology of the Natural Sciences
  Ron Harre, GeorgeTown University, Washington DC (DP 64/02)
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• Definite Descriptions and the Gettier Example
  Christoph Schmidt-Petri, LSE (DP 63/02)
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• On the Property Structure of Realist Collapse Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics and the So-Called 'Counting Anomaly'  
  Roman Frigg, LSE (DP 62/02)
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• The Unseen World
  Michael Redhead, LSE (DP 61/02)
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• Value Judgments and Value Neutrality in Economics. A Perspective from Today
  Philippe Mongin, Université de Cergy Pontoise (DP 60/02)
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• Psychoanalysis: Theories or stories?
  Morris Perlman, LSE (DP 59/02)
• The Policing of Political Belief in Great Britain 1914-1918
  Carl Williams (DP 58/02)
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2001

• Selections, Dispositions and the Problem of Measurement
  Mauricio Suârez, University of Bristol (DP 57/01
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• Reconstructing Lakatos  
  Matteo Motterlini, LSE (DP 56/01)
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• The Deformed Transformed
  Nicholas Humphrey, LSE (DP 55/01)
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• Fiscal Mobility and the Performance of Local Governments: The case of the missing links
  Thanos Mergoupis, LSE and Keith Dowding, LSE (DP 54/01)

2000

• Is there Progress in Normative Economics?  
  Philippe Mongin, Université de Cergy Pontoise (DP 53/00)
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• Controlling Clinical Trials: Some reactions to Peter Urbach's Views on Randomisation  
  John Worrall, LSE (DP 51/00)
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• A causal model for EPR  
  Nancy Cartwright, LSE and Mauricio Suârez, University of Bristol (DP 50/00)
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• Lakatos and After
  John Worrall, LSE (DP 49/00)
• The 'inquisition' of nature: Francis Bacon's view of scientific inquiry
  Eleonora Montuschi, LSE (DP 48/00)
• Exploitation and Time 
  Roberto Venziani, LSE (DP 47/00)
• Problems of Residential Mobility as a Market-Like Mechanism in Local Government
  Thanos Mergoupis, LSE; Keith Dowding, LSE; and Peter John, Birkbeck College (DP 46/00)

1999

• Pareto Principles from Inch to EII and a Backward Induction Proof of Arrow's Theorem
  Kotaro Suzumura, Hitotsubashi University (DP 45/99)
• Approximations in Many-Body Physics  
  Sang Wook Yi, LSE (DP 44/99)
• The Vanity of Rigour in Economics: Theoretical models and Galilean experiments
  Nancy Cartwright, LSE (DP 43/99)
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• John F Muth: From bounded rationality to rational expectations and back again
  Esther-Mirjam Sent, University of Notre Dame (DP 42/99)

1998

• Prevention and Omission
  Phil Dowe (DP 41/98)
• Chances and Frequencies in Causal Loops
  Joseph Berkovitz, LSE (DP 40/98)
• Structures and Capacities
  Ben Rogers (DP 39/98)
• Miracles and Alien Abduction
  Max Steuer, LSE (DP 38/98)
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• The Role of the Electromagnetic Theory of Light in Giacomo Balla's 'Iridescent Interpenetrations   
  Valeria Mosini (DP 37/98)
• Asymmetric Rationality and Natural Liberty in Smith's Theory
  Amos Witztum (DP 36/98)
• Some Egalitarian Principles Compared
  Roberto Veneziani, LSE (DP 35/98)
• Built-In Justification 
  Marcel Boumans, University of Amsterdam (DP 34/98)

1997

• Reducing Thermodynamics to Statistical Mechanics: The case of entropy
  Craig Callender, LSE (DP 33/97)
• Carl Menger on the Role of Induction in Economics: A critical reassessment 
  Pierluigi Barrotta, University of Pisa (DP 32/97)
• Revealed Preference and Belief, Dan Hausman
  University of Wisconsin-Madison and LSE (DP 31/97)
• Unity of Science in the Framework of Naturalism
  Jordi Cat, LSE (DP 30/97)
• Carnap's Realistic Empiricism?
  Stathis Psillos, LSE (DP 29/97)
• The Myth of Universalism: Theories of Science and Theories of Justice
  Nancy Cartwright and Marco Del Seta, LSE (DP 28/97)
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1996

• The Paradox of the Bayesian Experts and State-Dependent Utility Theory
  Philippe Mongin, Université de Cergy Pontoise (DP 27/96)
• Rough Set Approximations and Freedom of Choice
  Sebastiano Bavetta and Marco Del Seta, LSE (DP 26/96)
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• Is the Idea of Scientific Explanation Unduly Anthropocentric? The lessons of the anthropic principle
  John Worrall, LSE (DP 25/96)
• Fairness and Justice in Smith's Economic System
  Amos Witztum (DP 24/96)
• A Problem for No-Collapse Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
  Gianpiero Cattaneo, University of Milan and Marco Del Seta, LSE (DP 23/96)
• Economists' Responses to Anomalies: Full cost pricing versus preference reversals
  Daniel M Hausman and Philippe Mongin, Université de Cergy Pontoise (DP 22/96)
• The Gene is Alive and Doing Well
  Lewis Wolpert, University College London (DP 21/96)
• Incomplete Contracts and Complexity Costs
  Luca Anderlini and Leonardo Felli, LSE (DP 20/96)
• Buildings for Higher Education and Education for Visual Awareness
  Lord Palumbo of Walbrook (DP 19/96)
• Anomalies and the Revision of Theory-Elements
  Ulrich Gähde, University of Beyreuth (DP 18/96)
• Early Urbanisation and After
  Gilles Duranton, LSE (DP 17/96)

1995

• Is There an Organism in This Text?
  Evelyn Fox Keller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (DP 16/95)
• Backward Induction and Rationality
  Ken Binmore, University College London (DP 15/95)
• Equity in a Global Society
  IG Patel (DP 14/95)
• The Change from Endogenous to Exogenous in Business-Cycle Model Building
  Marcel Boumans, University of Amsterdam (DP 13/95)
• The Transfer of Technology: Change of paradigm or change of packaging? The case of Fleeming Jenkins
  Morris Perlman, LSE (DP 12/95)
• The Open Society and its Enemies: Remembering its publication fifty years ago
  Ernst Gombrich (DP 11/95)
• Classical Concepts in Bohr's Atomic Theory (1913-1925)
  Olivier Darrigol, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (DP 10/95)
• Searching for Casual Relations in Economic Statistics: Reflections from history
  Mary S Morgan, LSE (DP 9/95)
• Statistical Modelling in the Social Sciences
  J Durbin, LSE (DP 8/95)
• Objective Interpersonal Comparisons
  Kevin Roberts, LSE (DP 7/95)
• The Vienna Circle Revisited
  Thomas E Uebel, LSE with comments by Christopher Hookway, University of Birmingham (DP 6/95)
• The Econometrics of the Holy Grail. A critique
  Hugo A Keuzenkamp, Tilburg Univercity (DP 5/95)

1994

• Micro Worlds, Macro Worlds, and Many Worlds
  JV Howard, LSE (DP 4/94)
• Probabilities and Experiments
  Nancy Cartwright, LSE (DP 3/94)
• The Power and Price of a Voter: A note on the Shapley-Shubic and Banzhaf indices
  Dan S Felsenthal and Moshe Machover, King's College London (DP 2/94)
• The Impossibility of Interpersonal Utility Comparisons
  Daniel M Hausman, University of Wisconsin (DP 1/94)