Ivan Moscati

17th HISRECO Conference Program Day 1 – Thursday, 23.10.2025 Ulbo de Sitter Room | 9:30 – 16:50 9:30–9:40 Opening remarks (HISRECO team) 9:40–10:30 Murat Bakeev (Leibniz University Hannover) How Artificially Intelligent Agents En…

HISRECO-2025 starts tomorrow at the department of Economics and Business Economics, Nijmegen School of Management at Radboud University
Thrilled to welcome many wonderful colleagues to Nijmegen!
(will try to post sth here with h/t #HISRECO2025)

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The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Volume 32, Issue 4 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...

Very glad that Caterina Marchionni (Milan U., @catemar.bsky.social) has joined Francesco Guala (Milan U.), Raffaello Seri (Insubria U., @rseri.me), and me as a local organizer of the Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.

Welcome aboard, Caterina!

Save the Date: JUNE 8–12, 2026.

Fourth Lake Como Summer School in Philosophy of Economics.
Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy.

Sponsored by INEM, the University of Insubria, and the University of Milan.

More information forthcoming.

@catemar.bsky.social
@rseri.me

Well deserved, Conrad!

The paper relates to Julian Reiss’s “explanation paradox,” which consists of three widely accepted yet mutually inconsistent claims: (1) economic models are false; (2) they are nevertheless explanatory; (3) only true accounts can explain.

I suggest resolving the paradox by rejecting claim (3).

In discussing psychological narratives in decision theory, this paper contributes to the recent methodological and historical literature, developed by Mary Morgan and other scholars, that explores the epistemic functions of narratives in scientific research broadly, and economics in particular.

Third, it explores the epistemic functions of psychological narratives, contending that, despite their fictional nature, they provide explanations for choice-behavior phenomena.

Recognizing this latter function requires abandoning the assumption that truth is a necessary condition for explanation.

First, it reviews the psychological narratives associated with some influential models developed to supersede expected utility theory.

Second, it examines the epistemological status of these narratives, arguing that they draw from folk psychology and are best understood as as-if constructs.

Models in the economic theory of decision making under uncertainty are often accompanied by “psychological narratives”, i.e., accounts of the psychological factors and processes that determine individuals’ choices in uncertain situations.

This paper makes three main contributions.

Delighted to share that my paper “Psychological narratives in decision theory: what they are and what they are good for” has been published in the Journal of Economic Methodology:

doi.org/10.1080/1350...

You can download up to 50 free copies here:

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/S2UAR...

17th HISRECO Conference Program Day 1 – Thursday, 23.10.2025 Ulbo de Sitter Room | 9:30 – 16:50 9:30–9:40 Opening remarks (HISRECO team) 9:40–10:30 Murat Bakeev (Leibniz University Hannover) How Artificially Intelligent Agents En…

HISRECO program is now available online!
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📌 Scholarship Code: CU41. CU Beta.06
⏰ Deadline: 22/08 – 1PM
📧 Contact: elena.maggi@uninsubria.it
📑 Make sure to include the scholarship code in your application!

A great opportunity to research at the intersection of mobility & climate.

📢 Call for Applications – PhD Programme in Sustainable Development & Climate Change.

🎓 Focus: Climate Change & Transportation: a critical and complex interrelationship

🗓️ Start: Nov. 25
🌍 Language: English
🌐 Open to international candidates!

With the customary couple of months of delay (🙄), issue 1-2025 of HEI - History of Economic Ideas has been published.
TOC is in the image below.
hei.scholasticahq.com
www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=61
@shoet.bsky.social

A new issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology is available now
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...

2025 Annual Conference The 55th Annual Meeting of The History of Economic Thought Society (THETS) will be held at the University of Warwick in Coventry on 3-5 September 2025. The conference, jointly hosted by the School …

The list of talks at this year's THETS conference is available, looks awesome! And I hope that other Warwick people who are interested in the topic -- like @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social , @yuvalmillo.bsky.social , and Matthew Watson -- will be there as well
thets.org.uk/2025-annual-...

Article: Scarf, Shapley, and Shubik's Applications of the “Core” to General Equilibrium, by Jonathan F. Cogliano
doi.org/10.1215/0018...

Field Experiments in Economics: History and Methodology This book adopts an integrated history and philosophy of science approach to consider the historical origins and methodological pitfalls of field experiments in economics. It explains key concepts suc...

Our book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...

📢 Call for Applications 📢

41st Cycle of the PhD in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions.

5 scholarships available for the academic year 2025-2026.

Deadline: 12/07/2025

www.uninsubria.eu/work-and-stu...

Ma a noi che abbiamo già visto Calenda vs Renzi, questa roba qui ci fa un baffo

Organised by Department of Economic and Social Sciences with our Department.

Org. com. : Samantha Coccia (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Federico Giri (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Mauro Gallegati (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Alberto Russo (U. Politecnica delle Marche), Eugenio Caverzasi.

🚨 Call for Applications – 4th HANDS-ON AB-SFC Summer School on Agen- Based Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomic Modelling

Ancona, Sept 3–5, 2025.

Deadline: July 10, 2025

Info & application: lnkd.in/dHu3cDHW

Perceptions of Inequality Perceptions of Inequality homepage

Michele Bernasconi (@dipecounive.bsky.social) in London presenting “Equality of Opportunity with Quadratic Social Welfare Functions” w/ Raffaello Seri (@rseri.me) in a seminar of the group Perceptions of Inequality, 30/04, 12:30-13.45.

www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science explores the main themes, problems and challenges currently at the top of the discipline's methodolog…

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3rd Edition Bioeconomy School - Science, Economics, Business and Society organized by our colleagues Raffaello Seri (@rseri.me) and Andrea Vezzulli with Loredano Pollegioni, Daniela Ubiali (U. di Pavia)

Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2025
Submission of the final paper by August 18th, 2025
Registration and fee payment should be made by July 21th, 2025.

Venue: The Summer school will be held at the Department of Literature, Philosophy and Art History, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Columbia 1. The Campus X is within walking
distance to the venue. A shuttle service will be available.

CfP 27th ESHET Summer School in History of Economic Thought, Economic Philosophy and Economic History “Capitalism, Democracy and Justice”, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 1-5 September 2025.

I’ve just completed a revision of a paper titled “Psychological narratives in decision theory: what they are and what they are good for.”

I believe it makes a contribution to the recent literature on the epistemic role of narratives in science, particularly in economics.

ssrn.com/abstract=476...