Program
All sessions will be held at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center.
Friday, April 29, 2005
9:00-10:30 |
Opening Reception & Brunch |
11:00-12:30 |
Panel One
Introducer: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
Michael Suk-Young Chwe, Rational Choice and
the Humanities: Excerpts and Folktales
Paisley Livingston, Rationality and Creativity in the Arts
Alan Liu, Rational Choice and the Contemporary Problem of Creativity
Discussant: Lindsay Waters
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12:30 |
Lunch
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2:00-3:30 |
Panel Two
Introducer: Paula England
Muriel Niederle, Performing in Tournaments and Choosing Hard Tasks: Gender Differences
Dan Hausman, Rational Choice Theory and Consequentialism
Julie Nelson, Rationality and Humanity: A View from Feminist Economics
Discussant: Debra Satz
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4:00-5:30 |
Keynote Address
Introducer: David Palumbo-Liu
Speaker: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Speaking for the Humanities
Discussant and leader of discussion period: Colleen Lye
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Saturday, April 30, 2005
8:30-9:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
9:30-11:00 |
Panel One
Introducer: Akhil Gupta
Kenneth Arrow, Economists and Glory
Hazel Markus, Culture, Agency, and Choice
Regenia Gagnier, Semi-Detached Marriages and Literary Alternatives to Rational Choice
Discussant: Sylvia Yanagisako
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11:15-12:45 |
Panel Two
Introducer: Mark Granovetter
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Rational Doomsaying
John Dupre, Rational Choice in the Age of the Genome
John Bender, Rational Choice in Love
Discussant: David Kreps
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12:45-1:45 |
Lunch
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2:00-3:30 |
Keynote Address
Introducer: Debra Satz
Speaker: Jon Elster, Interpretation and Rational Choice
Discussant and leader of discussion period: Peter Stone
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