Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
Preferences : neither behavioural nor mental / F. Guala. - In: ECONOMICS AND PHILOSOPHY. - ISSN 0266-2671. - (2019 Mar 06). [Epub ahead of print] [10.1017/S0266267118000512]
Abstract:
Recent debates on the nature of preferences in economics have typically assumed that they are to be interpreted either as behavioural regularities or as mental states. In this paper I challenge this dichotomy and argue that neither interpretation is consistent with scientific practice in choice theory and behavioural economics. Preferences are belief-dependent dispositions with a multiply realizable causal basis, which explains why economists are reluctant to make a commitment about their interpretation.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
behavioural economics; choice; dispositions; mental states; preference; philosophy; economics and econometrics
Elenco autori:
F. Guala
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