Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics and coordinator of the Centre for Cognitive Economics at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy.

• 1. Discrepancies: Competing theories and ideologies as cognitive traps. The scientific discovery as puzzle solving Massimo Egidi 2. Cognitive science meets evolutionary theory - What implications does evolutionary psychology have for economic theorising? Jack J. Vromen 3. Toward a cognitive experimental economics Marco Novarese 4. Accounting for social knowledge in economic analysis. The relevance of Adam Smith's framework Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri 5. The making of behavioural economist: Herbert A. Simon and the early evolution of bounded rationality Mie Augier 6. The rhetorical dimensions of bounded rationality: Herbert A. Simon and organizational economics Nicolai J. Foss 7. Cognition, entrepreneurial conceptions and the theory of the firm Ulrich Witt 8. Knowledge, understanding and the epitemology of innovative firms Stanley Metcalfe 9. Managing exploitation and exploration Bart Nooteboom 10. The epistemic foundations of social organizations: A game theoretical approach Christian Schmidt 11. Interactive learning and technological knowledge: the localised character of innovation processes Christiano Antonelli, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Michel Quere 12. Cognitive economies and the 'nature of the district' Margherita Turvani 13. Learning in economics: some Austrian insights Pierre Garrouste 14. Beliefs, knowledge and equilibrium: A different perspective on Hayek Richard Arena 15. Guesswork and knowledge in evolutionary economics: Veblen revisited Francesca Lidia Viano 16. Problem complexity and problem representation: Some implications for the theory of economic institutions Luigi Marengo

Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics and coordinator of the Centre for Cognitive Economics at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy.

• 1. Discrepancies: Competing theories and ideologies as cognitive traps. The scientific discovery as puzzle solving Massimo Egidi 2. Cognitive science meets evolutionary theory - What implications does evolutionary psychology have for economic theorising? Jack J. Vromen 3. Toward a cognitive experimental economics Marco Novarese 4. Accounting for social knowledge in economic analysis. The relevance of Adam Smith's framework Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri 5. The making of behavioural economist: Herbert A. Simon and the early evolution of bounded rationality Mie Augier 6. The rhetorical dimensions of bounded rationality: Herbert A. Simon and organizational economics Nicolai J. Foss 7. Cognition, entrepreneurial conceptions and the theory of the firm Ulrich Witt 8. Knowledge, understanding and the epitemology of innovative firms Stanley Metcalfe 9. Managing exploitation and exploration Bart Nooteboom 10. The epistemic foundations of social organizations: A game theoretical approach Christian Schmidt 11. Interactive learning and technological knowledge: the localised character of innovation processes Christiano Antonelli, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Michel Quere 12. Cognitive economies and the 'nature of the district' Margherita Turvani 13. Learning in economics: some Austrian insights Pierre Garrouste 14. Beliefs, knowledge and equilibrium: A different perspective on Hayek Richard Arena 15. Guesswork and knowledge in evolutionary economics: Veblen revisited Francesca Lidia Viano 16. Problem complexity and problem representation: Some implications for the theory of economic institutions Luigi Marengo

Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics and coordinator of the Centre for Cognitive Economics at the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy.

• 1. Discrepancies: Competing theories and ideologies as cognitive traps. The scientific discovery as puzzle solving Massimo Egidi 2. Cognitive science meets evolutionary theory - What implications does evolutionary psychology have for economic theorising? Jack J. Vromen 3. Toward a cognitive experimental economics Marco Novarese 4. Accounting for social knowledge in economic analysis. The relevance of Adam Smith's framework Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri 5. The making of behavioural economist: Herbert A. Simon and the early evolution of bounded rationality Mie Augier 6. The rhetorical dimensions of bounded rationality: Herbert A. Simon and organizational economics Nicolai J. Foss 7. Cognition, entrepreneurial conceptions and the theory of the firm Ulrich Witt 8. Knowledge, understanding and the epitemology of innovative firms Stanley Metcalfe 9. Managing exploitation and exploration Bart Nooteboom 10. The epistemic foundations of social organizations: A game theoretical approach Christian Schmidt 11. Interactive learning and technological knowledge: the localised character of innovation processes Christiano Antonelli, Jean-Luc Gaffard and Michel Quere 12. Cognitive economies and the 'nature of the district' Margherita Turvani 13. Learning in economics: some Austrian insights Pierre Garrouste 14. Beliefs, knowledge and equilibrium: A different perspective on Hayek Richard Arena 15. Guesswork and knowledge in evolutionary economics: Veblen revisited Francesca Lidia Viano 16. Problem complexity and problem representation: Some implications for the theory of economic institutions Luigi Marengo