Preferences and Positivist Methodology in Economics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10705202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Clarke (0000-0002-6225-0115, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-212 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/684958 |
| OpenAlex | W2301357871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 32 |
I distinguish several doctrines that economic methodologists have found attractive, all of which have a positivist flavor. One of these is the doctrine that preference assignments in economics are just shorthand descriptions of agents’ choices. Although most of these doctrines are problematic, the latter doctrine about preference assignments is a respectable one, I argue. It does not entail any of the problematic doctrines, and indeed it is warranted independently of them
Doctrine · Economics · Epistemology · Microeconomics · Positive economics · Positivism · Preference · Sociology · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy
Social Choice and Public Reason
Naturalism and Moral Conventionalism
Folk Psychology and the Interpretation of Decision Theory
The Specter of Revealed Preference Theory
In defence of revealed preference theory
Behavioural and heuristic models are as-if models too – and that’s ok
Why We Need to Talk About Preferences
How to Interpret Belief Hierarchies in Bayesian Game Theory
Neo-Samuelsonian Welfare Economics
Normative Models and Their Success
Will AI avoid exploitation? Artificial general intelligence and expected utility theory
Revisiting the criticisms of rational choice theories
Essays in positive economics
The Methodology of Positive Economics
Mind and Supermind
Betting on Theories
The World in the Model
Internal Consistency of Choice
Back to Bentham? Explorations of Experienced Utility
Prospect Theory
Neuroeconomics and Confirmation Theory
Psychological Explanation
The Expected-Utility Hypothesis and the Measurability of Utility
Consumption Theory in Terms of Revealed Preference
Behaviour and the Concept of Preference
Microeconomic Analysis
Philosophy of Social Science
Neuroeconomics
Vilfredo Pareto and the Epistemological Foundations of Choice Theory
| Citations per year | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |