Decision-Making: A Neuroeconomic Perspective

I am pleased to announce that the following paper is now available as an OnlineEarly Article:

• Hardy-Vallee, B. Decision-Making: A Neuroeconomic Perspective. Philosophy Compass, (OnlineEarly Articles)
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-9991.2007.00099.x
  A preprint is available here if you don't have access the Compass.
  

Abstract. This article introduces and discusses from a philosophical point of view the nascent field of neuroeconomics, which is the study of neural mechanisms involved in decision-making and their economic significance. Following a survey of the ways in which decision-making is usually construed in philosophy, economics, and psychology, I review many important findings in neuroeconomics to show that they suggest a revised picture of decision-making and ourselves as choosing agents. Finally, I outline a neuroeconomic account of irrationality.