This section includes descriptions of the three main papers as well as the text presentation. Together, these four assignments constitute the student's entire grade. Assignments are due on the sessions noted below.
Assignments files.
| DUE DATE |
ASSIGNMENTS |
| Throughout the Semester |
Text Presentations (PDF) |
| Week 6, Session 2 |
First Assignment (PDF)
Additional Readings
Ridge, Michael. "Humean Intentions." American Philosophical Quarterly 35, no. 2 (April 1998): 157-178. |
| Week 9, Session 2 |
Second Assignment (PDF)
Additional Readings
Loewenstein, Geroge. "A Visceral Account of Addiction." In Getting Hooked: Rationality and Addiction. Edited by Jon Elster and Ole-Jørgen Skog. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 235-264. ISBN: 0521640083.
Becker, G. S., and K. M. Murphy. "A Theory of Rational Addiction." Journal of Political Economy 96 (1988): 675-700. |
| Week 14, Session 2 |
Third Assignment (PDF) |