Revealed Preference and External Reference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5917520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Dowding (0000-0001-6888-9369, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-284 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rationality and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1043-4631 • E-ISSN: 1461-7358 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1043463102014003001 |
| OpenAlex | W2140448622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 19 |
Amartya Sen claims that the standard axioms of rational choice theory are not subject to `internal consistency'. That is, in order to discover whether someone behaves inconsistently or irrationally one must look beyond the choice function to the actors' motivations. This is true. Intentional explanations require reference to the environment or context in which choice takes place. However, rather than being inconsistent with standard von Neumann-Morgernstern accounts of utility and with revealed preference analysis, as Sen maintains, such externalist arguments show the standard accounts are necessary for intentional explanation
Axiom · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Epistemology · Externalism · Function (biology) · Mathematical economics · Microeconomics · Microfoundations · Order (exchange) · Positive economics · Preference · Revealed preference · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Social Choice and Public Reason
Naturalism and Moral Conventionalism
Commitment as Motivation
Una defensa de la preferencia revelada
Neo-Samuelsonian Welfare Economics
Rational choice and trust
What we choose, what we prefer
Agency and structure
Rational Choices as Social Norms
Can Populism Be Defended? William Riker, Gerry Mackie and the Interpretation of Democracy
Choice under description
The Possibility of Social Choice
Internal Consistency of Choice
Maximization and the Act of Choice
Commodities and capabilities
Social Choice and Individual Values
Well-Being, Agency and Freedom
World, Mind, and Ethics
Collective Choice and Social Welfare
Development as Freedom
The Standard of Living
A Note on the Pure Theory of Consumer's Behaviour
Individual Rights Revisited
Contemporary Issues in Economics
Voice and Equality
Rationality and External Reference
Choice, Welfare and Measurement
Toward a Role-Theoretic Conception of Embeddedness
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |