The Specter of Revealed Preference Theory

Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy 11 (2024)
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My aim in this paper is to argue that the recent philosophical defenses of revealed preference theory do not withstand scrutiny. Towards this aim, I will first outline revealed preference theory. I will then briefly present the two most common arguments that the received view offers against it. Afterwards, I will outline three argumentative strategies for rehabilitating revealed preference theory, and successively rebut each of them.

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10.3998/ergo.5715

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