Erik Angner
Biographic Data
| ID | 314143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Angner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Angner |
| SIGNATURE | ANGNER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8256-8446 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What Preferences Really Are
Daniel M. Hausman holds that preferences in economics are total subjective comparative evaluations —subjective judgments to the effect that something is better than something else all things told—and that economists are right to employ this conception of preference. Here, I argue against both parts of Hausman’s thesis. The failure of Hausman’s account, I continue, reflects a deeper problem, that is, that preferences in economics do not need an ex…
To navigate safely in the vast sea of empirical facts”
Fred Feldman, What is This Thing Called Happiness? (Oxford
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I’ll die with the hammer in my hand”
Health Literacy and Happiness
Health and Happiness among Older Adults
The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, …
Revisiting Rawls
The present paper revisits the issue of rational decision making in John Rawls' original position. Drawing on Isaac Levi's theory of decision, I discuss how we can defend Rawls against John C. Harsanyi's charge that maximin reasoning in the original position is irrational. The discussion suggests that systematic application of Levi's theory is likely to have important consequences for ethics and political theory as well as for public policy
The history of Hayek’s theory of cultural evolution
Health and Happiness among Older Adults
The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, …
I’ll die with the hammer in my hand”
What Preferences Really Are
Daniel M. Hausman holds that preferences in economics are total subjective comparative evaluations —subjective judgments to the effect that something is better than something else all things told—and that economists are right to employ this conception of preference. Here, I argue against both parts of Hausman’s thesis. The failure of Hausman’s account, I continue, reflects a deeper problem, that is, that preferences in economics do not need an ex…
Health Literacy and Happiness
The history of Hayek’s theory of cultural evolution
To navigate safely in the vast sea of empirical facts”
The history of Hayek’s theory of cultural evolution
Revisiting Rawls
The present paper revisits the issue of rational decision making in John Rawls' original position. Drawing on Isaac Levi's theory of decision, I discuss how we can defend Rawls against John C. Harsanyi's charge that maximin reasoning in the original position is irrational. The discussion suggests that systematic application of Levi's theory is likely to have important consequences for ethics and political theory as well as for public policy
Health and Happiness among Older Adults
The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, …
Health Literacy and Happiness
Fred Feldman, What is This Thing Called Happiness? (Oxford
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
I’ll die with the hammer in my hand”
To navigate safely in the vast sea of empirical facts”
What Preferences Really Are
Daniel M. Hausman holds that preferences in economics are total subjective comparative evaluations —subjective judgments to the effect that something is better than something else all things told—and that economists are right to employ this conception of preference. Here, I argue against both parts of Hausman’s thesis. The failure of Hausman’s account, I continue, reflects a deeper problem, that is, that preferences in economics do not need an ex…
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Happiness (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Law (3 works)