The most fundamental questions of economics are often philosophical in nature, and philosophers have, since the very beginning of Western philosophy, asked many questions that current observers would identify as economic. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics is an outstanding reference source for the key topics, problems, and debates at the intersection of philosophical and economic inquiry. It captures this field of countless exciting interconnections, affinities, and opportunities for cross-fertilization.

Comprising 35 chapters by a diverse team of contributors from all over the globe, the Handbook is divided into eight sections:

I. Rationality
II. Cooperation and Interaction
III. Methodology
IV. Values
V. Causality and Explanation
VI. Experimentation and Simulation
VII. Evidence
VIII. Policy

The volume is essential reading for students and researchers in economics and philosophy who are interested in exploring the interconnections between the two disciplines. It is also a valuable resource for those in related fields like political science, sociology, and the humanities.

Conrad Heilmann is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus School of Philosophy, Co-Director of the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), and Core Faculty of the Erasmus Initiative Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He works on rational choice theory, fairness, finance, and other topics in the philosophy of economics.

Julian Reiss is Professor of Philosophy at Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, and Head of the Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method. He is the author of Causation, Evidence, and Inference (Routledge, 2015), Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2013), Error in Economics: Towards a More Evidence-Based Methodology (Routledge, 2008; Erasmus Philosophy International Research Prize), and more than 60 papers in leading philosophy and social science journals and edited collections.

1. Introduction Conrad Heilmann and Julian Reiss

Part I: Rationality

2. History of Utility Theory Ivan Moscati

3. The Economics and Philosophy of Risk H. Orri Stefánsson

4. Behavioral Welfare Economics and Consumer Sovereignty Guilhem Lecouteux

5. The Economic Concept of a Preference Kate Vredenburgh

6. Economic Agency and the Subpersonal Turn in Economics James D. Grayot

Part II: Cooperation and Interaction

7. Game Theory and Rational Reasoning Jurgis Karpus and Mantas Radzvilas

8. Institutions, Rationality, and Coordination Camilla Colombo and Francesco Guala

9. As If Social Preference Models Jack Vromen

10. Exploitation and Consumption Benjamin Ferguson

Part III: Methodology

11. Philosophy of Economics? Three Decades of Bibliometric History Francois Claveau, Alexandre Truc, Olivier Santerre, and Luis Mireles-Flores

12. Philosophy of Austrian Economics Alexander Linsbichler

13. Representation Hsiang Ke-Chao

14. Finance and Financial Economics: A Philosophy of Science Perspective Melissa Vergara-Fernández and Boudewijn de Bruin

Part IV: Values

15. Values in Welfare Economics Antoinette Baujard

16. Measurement and Value Judgements Julian Reiss

17. Reflections on the State of Economics and Ethics Mark D. White

18. Well-Being Mauro Rossi

19. Fairness and Fair Division Stefan Wintein and Conrad Heilmann

Part V: Causality and Explanation

20. Causality and Probability Tobias Henschen

21. Causal Contributions in Economics Christopher Clarke

22. Explanation in Economics Philippe Verreault-Julien

23. Modeling the Possible to Modeling the Actual Jennifer S. Jhun

Part VI: Experimentation and Simulation

24. Experimentation in Economics Michiru Nagatsu

25. Field Experiments Judith Favereau

26. Computer Simulations in Economics Aki Lehtinen and Jaakko Kuorikoski

27. Evidence-Based Policy Donal Khosrowi

Part VII: Evidence

28. Economic Theory and Empirical Science Robert Northcott

29. Philosophy of Econometrics Aris Spanos

30. Statistical Significance Testing in Economics William Peden and Jan Sprenger

31. Quantifying Health Daniel M. Hausman

Part VIII: Policy

32. Freedoms, Political Economy, and Liberalism Sebastiano Bavetta

33. Freedom and Markets Constanze Binder

34. Policy Evaluation Under Severe Uncertainty: A Cautious, Egalitarian Approach Alex Voorhoeve

35. Behavioral Public Policy: One Name, Many Types. A Mechanistic Perspective Till Grüne-Yanoff

36. The Case for Regulating Tax Competition Peter Dietsch