Reading List

This is our (preliminary) reading list for the PEM-Lab! Please check this website regularly as we will add literature continuously.

Literature shared by the whole group

Alexandrova, A. (2008). Making Models Count*. Philosophy of Science, 75(3), 383–404. https://doi.org/10.1086/592952 (Shared by Nikolaj)

Cherrier, B. (2023). The Price of Virtue: Some Hypotheses on How Tractability Has Shaped Economic Models. Œconomia. History, Methodology, Philosophy, (13-1), 23-48. https://doi.org/10.4000/oeconomia.14116  (Shared by Murat)

De Ridder, K. (2025) https://theeurostar.substack.com/p/the-monetary-policy-doom-loop (Shared by Leon)

Mantzavinos, C. (2021). Science, institutions, and values. European Journal of Philosophy, 29(2), 379–392. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12579 (Shared by Leon)

Nelson, J. A. (2008). Economists, value judgments, and climate change: A view from feminist economics. Ecological Economics, 65(3), 441–447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.001 (Shared by Kai)

Reiss, J. (2017). Fact-value entanglement in positive economics. Journal of Economic Methodology, 24(2), 134–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2017.1309749 (Shared by Elena B.)

Satz, D., & Ferejohn, J. (1994). Rational Choice and Social Theory. The Journal of Philosophy, 91(2), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.2307/2940928 (Shared by Xin Hui)

Sen, A. K. (1977). Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 6(4), 317–344. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2264946 (Shared by Xin Hui)

Spiegler, R. (2011) “‘But Can’t We Get the Same Thing With a Standard Model?’ Rationalizing Bounded-Rationality Models”, Economics & Philosophy, 27(1): 23-43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266267110000453 (Shared by Lars)

Thoma, J. (2024), Social Science, Policy and Democracy. Philos Public Aff, 52: 5-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/papa.12250 (Shared by Mathis)

Literature shared initially by the PEM-Lab Team

Douglas, H. (2023). The importance of values for science. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 48(2), 251–263. https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2023.2191559

Elliott, K. C. (2022). Values in Science (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052597

Elliott, K. C., & Korf, R. (2024). Values in science: What are values, anyway? European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 14(4), 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-024-00615-3

Harvard, S., & Winsberg, E. (2022). The Epistemic Risk in Representation. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 32(1), 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1353/ken.2022.0001

Heilmann, C. (2017). Values in Time Discounting. Science and Engineering Ethics, 23(5), 1333–1349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9950-y

Holman, B., & Wilholt, T. (2022). The new demarcation problem. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 91, 211–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.11.011

Knuuttila, T., Carrillo, N., & Koskinen, R. (2024). The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003205647

Małecka, M. (2021). Values in economics: A recent revival with a twist. Journal of Economic Methodology, 28(1), 88–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2020.1868776

Morgan, M. S., & Knuuttila, T. (2012). Models and Modelling in Economics. In Philosophy of Economics (pp. 49–87). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-51676-3.50003-8

Svetlova, E. (2014). Modelling Beyond Application: Epistemic and Non-epistemic Values in Modern Science. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 28(1), 79–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2014.915656

Winsberg, E., & Harvard, S. (2024). Scientific Models and Decision Making (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029346