Dr. Don Ross

 
 

Don Ross is Professor of Economics and Professor of Philosophy at UAB, and Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
See also http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/Economics/staff/dross/default.asp

Visit Dr Ross' s site on academica.edu.
Curriculum Vitae
(Curriculum Vitae - Word document)

Research on Problem Gambling:
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Poster 2
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Publications

Books in print:

Harold Kincaid and Don Ross (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford University Press, 2009).

Don Ross, Carla Sharp, Rudy Vuchinich and David Spurrett, Midbrain Mutiny: The Picoeconomics and Neuroeconomics of Disordered Gambling (MIT Press, 2008).

James Ladyman and Don Ross (with David Spurrett and John Collier). Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized (Oxford University Press, 2007).

Don Ross, David Spurrett, Harold Kincaid, and Lynn Stephens (eds). Distributed Cognition and the Will: Individual Volition and Social Context (MIT Press, 2007).

Melvin Ayogu and Don Ross, editors. Development Dilemmas. Cambridge University Press (2005).
Essays by leading economists, philosophers and political scientists on the methods and political ethics of growth policy, with a focus on Africa. Contributors include Joseph Stiglitz, Jean-Jacques Laffont, Robert Bates, Daniel Hausman, and Alex Rosenberg.

Don Ross, Economic Theory and Cognitive Science: Microexplanation. MIT Press (2005).
A study of the cognitive and behavioral foundations of microeconomics, showing how to reconcile empirical behavioral economics, revealed preference theory, and postwar neoclassical theory.

Andrew Brook and Don Ross, editors. Daniel Dennett. Cambridge University Press  (2002).
A volume of essays on Dennett by (mainly) non-philosophers, aiming to evaluate Dennett's influence on the sciences of behavior and cognition.

Don Ross, Andrew Brook, and David Thompson, editors. Dennett's Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment. MIT Press (2000).
A volume of essays that attempts to assess the extent to which Daniel Dennett's work on intentionality, consciousness and evolution "hangs together" as a coherent whole.

Don Ross, Metaphor, Meaning and Cognition. Peter Lang (1993).
A study of the implications for general models of human cognitive architecture of our ability to comprehend and produce original metaphors.

Reports:

Schwardmann, P. and Ross, D. Economic evaluation of potential industrial policy measures to expand the profitability frontier for South African deciduous fruit exports. Prepared under contract to the National Department of Trade and Industry and the South African Fruit and Vegetable Canners Association, South Africa, 2008.

Ross, D., South Africa's fruit processing industry: competitiveness factors and the case for sector-specific industrial policy measures. Prepared under contract to the National Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa, 2007.

Brink, G. and Ross, D., Comments on trade commitment compatibility and WTO legality of possible industrial policy measures to promote the competitiveness of South African processed fruit exports. Prepared under contract to the National Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa, 2007.

Ross, D. and Field, K., South African road surfacing policy, international oil price changes, and the shadow pricing of costs and benefits. Prepared under contract to the Southern African Bitumen Association, 2007.

Recent and forthcoming papers and chapters:

Don Ross. Ontic Structural Realism and Economics. Philosophy of Science, forthcoming.

Don Ross. The Economic Agent: Not Human, but Important. In U. Maki, ed., Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, V.13. Elsevier, forthcoming.

Don Ross. Economic Theory, Anti-Economics and Political Ideology. In U. Maki, ed., Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, V.13. Elsevier, forthcoming.

Don Ross. Economic Models of Procrastination. In C. Andreou and M. White, eds., The Thief of Time. Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009.

Don Ross. Economic Models of Addiction. In D. Ross, H. Kincaid, D. Spurrett and P. Collins, eds., What is Addiction? MIT Press, forthcoming, 2009

Don Ross. Naturalism: The Place of Society in Nature. In I. Jarvie and J. Zamorra-Bonilla, eds., The Sage Handbook of Philosophy of Science. Sage, forthcoming 2009.

Don Ross. Integrating the Dynamics of Multi-Scale Economic Agency. In H. Kincaid and D. Ross, eds., Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics, pp. 245-279, Oxford University Press, 2009.

Don Ross. Two Styles of Neuroeconomics. Economics and Philosophy 24: 473-483, 2008.

Don Ross. Classical Game Theory, Socialization and the Rationalization of Conventions. Topoi 27: 57-72, 2008.

Don Ross. Economics, Cognitive Science and Social Cognition. Journal of Cognitive Systems Research 9: 125-135, 2008.

Don Ross and David Spurrett. On Notions of Cause: Russsell’s Thesis Revisited. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 58: 45-76.

Don Ross, H. Sapiens as Ecologically Special: What Does Language Contribute? Language Sciences 29; 710-731, 2007.

Don Ross. Group Doxastic Rationality Need Not Supervene on Individual Rationality. Southern Journal of Philosophy 44, supplement: 106-118, 2006.

Don Ross. The Economics and Evolution of Selves. Journal of Cognitive Systems Research, 7:246-258, 2006.

Don Ross. Evolutionary Game Theory and the Normative Theory of Institutional Design: Binmore and Behavioral Economics. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 5:51-79, 2006.

Don Ross and David Spurrett. What to Say to a Skeptical Metaphysician: A Defence Manual for Cognitive and Behavioral Scientists. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27: 603-647, 2004.

Don Ross. Metalinguistic Signalling for Coordination Amongst Social Agents. Language Sciences 26: 621-642, 2004.

Don Ross and Paul Dumouchel. Emotions as Strategic Signals. Rationality and Society 16: 251-286, 2004.

Don Ross and Paul Dumouchel. Sincerity is Just Consistency: Reply to Frank. Rationality and Society 16: 307-318, 2004.

Susan Cleary. and Don Ross. The 1998-2001 Legal Sruggle Between the South African Government and the International Pharmaceutical Industry: A Game-Theoretic Analysis. Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies 27: 445-494, 2002.

Pre-prints and Pre-publications:

Don Ross. Reply to Hands: On the Robbins-Samuelson Argument Pattern. (2008)

Don Ross. Robbins, Positivism and the Demarcation of Economics from Psychology.

Don Ross. Do Evolutionary Accounts of Morality Imply Quiet Policies? (2006)
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Don Ross. In Defense of Standard Welfare Measurement. (2006)
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