People in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
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Faculty Directors
Ryan Muldoon (Acting Director - Spring 2012)
His primary research investigates how we can turn the challenge of increasing diversity into a resource to be tapped for our mutual benefit. Specifically, he investigates how diversity can lead to more just societies, to an increase in the amount and quality of scientific production, and greater wealth.
Interests: Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Social Science
Cristina Bicchieri (Director 2005 - Present)
S. J. P. Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics
Professor of Philosophy and Legal Studies
http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/faculty/bicchieri
She is the author of three books: The Grammar of Society: the Nature and Dynamics of Social Norms; Rationality and Coordination; andRagioni per Credere, Ragioni per Fare. Convenzioni e Vincoli nel Metodo Scientifico. She has edited 5 volumes, including The Logic of Strategy, The Dynamics of Norms and Knowledge, Belief, and Strategic Interaction.
Interests: The intersection of philosophy, psychology and economics: Judgment and decision making with special focus on fairness, trust, and cooperation; the evolution of social norms; the epistemic foundations of game theory.
Samuel Freeman (Past Director, 1996-2005)
Avalon Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Law
He was seminal in the creation of the PPE Program in 1994. He is the author of two books--Justice and the Social Contract, and Rawls—and has edited four volumes, including The Cambridge Companion to Rawls; John Rawls’s Collected Papers and his
Lectures in the History of Political Philosophy, and the forthcoming Reasons and Recognition: Essays in Honor of T.M. Scanlon.
Interests: political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of law
Faculty
Professor of Psychology
I study intuitions and judgment biases that impede maximization of utility (good) by democratic government. These include parochialism, the act-omission distinction, moralistic values, and the isolation effect. Relevant rubrics are Behavioral Public Finance, Behavioral Public Economics, and Behavioral Law and Economics. I am also interested in experimentation and data analysis.
Jason Dana
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Research interests: the intersection of Psychology and Economics
Detailed Research Interests are here.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Reserach intersts: microeconomic theory and decision theory
Postdoctoral Fellows
Nicolas Baumard (2011- Present)
Interests: Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Anthropology, Behavioral Economics, Moral and Political Philosophy
Ryan Muldoon (2011 - present)
Interests: Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Social Science
Hugo Mercier (2009 - 2011)
Interests: Cognition and Culture
John Gasper (2008-2010)
Giacomo Sillari (2006-2010)
Erte Xiao (2006-2008)
Azi Lev-On (2005-2006)
Administration
Sumantra Sen
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
312 Claudia Cohen Hall
Interests: Decision theory, game theory, cognitive sciences, development economics.
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Sarah Gish-Kraus
Administrative Coordinator
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