Rational Choice Theory & the Humanities

This two-day conference (April 29 and 30) aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of key thinkers in disparate areas to discuss the ways in which RCT can (as an exemplary discourse) speak to and with the humanities, and what the humanities might say back. How else can human motivations and actions be mapped, analyzed, imagined? Speakers: John Bender, Michael Suk-Young Chwe, John Dupre, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Jon Elster, Regenia Gagnier, Dan Hausman, Alan Liu, Paisley Livingston, Hazel Markus, Muriel Niederle, Julie Nelson, Gayatri Charkavorty Spivak

4:00 p.m. Friday, April 29--Keynote Address: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, "Speaking for the Humanities"

2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30-- Keynote Address: Jon Elster, "Interpretation and Rational Choice"