Table of Contents

Introduction (Joseph C. Pitt, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Douglas Eckel).

The Importance of Deviance in Intellectual Development: Especially at Virginia Tech in the 1970s (Richard B. McKenzie with Roman Galar).

Public Choice and Deviance: A Comment (Steven G. Medema).

Public Choice as an Academic Enterprise: Charlottesville, Blacksburg, and Fairfax Retrospectively Viewed (Richard E. Wagner).

Public Choice as an Academic Enterprise: Retrospectively Viewed Again (Eugenia F. Toma).

Life in the Putty-Knife Factory! (Geoffrey Brennan).

The Quest for Meaning in Public Choice (Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom).

Commentary on "The Quest for Meaning in Public Choice" by Elinor Ostrom and Vincent Ostrom (Michael C. Munger).

Bargaining with the Devil: Commentary on the Ostroms' "Quest for Meaning in Public Choice" (Sonia Amadae).

A Toy Model of Scientific Progress (Suzanne Lohmann).

Scientific Progress and Lessons for Institutional Design: Comments on "A Toy Model of Scientific Progress" by Suzanne Lohmann (Susan K. Snyder).

When Hard Heads Collide: A Philosopher Encounters Public Choice (Loren E. Lomasky).

What Public Choice and Philosophy Should Not Learn from One Another (Robert Sugden).

Prudence and Constitutional Rights (Edward F. McClennen).

Comments on McClennen's "Prudence and Constitutional Rights": Or How Do You Turn Words Into Action? (Joseph C. Pitt .

Heraclitian Vespers (James M. Buchanan)

About the Author

Joseph C. Pitt is a Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Virginia Tech.

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech.

Douglas W. Eckel is Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and an Instructor in Political Science at Virginia Tech. He teaches in the areas of Public Administration and Urban Politics.