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The intentional stance and revealed preference
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2025-11-28
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Ross, Don
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In various contributions over many years, I have argued that the core methodology of mainstream microeconomics can best be defended by reference to Dennett’s intentional stance. This elucidating relationship is mutual: we can also learn about the logic of the intentional stance as a basis for behavioural science by examining it in action in economics. This examination directs attention to a specific broad theme in the history of the behavioural sciences, the subtle relationship between behaviourism and realism about intentional concepts.
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Intentional stance , Microeconomics , Daniel Dennet
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Ross, D. (2205) 'The intentional stance and revealed preference', Synthese, 206, 279 (24pp). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05355-2
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© 2025, the Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. This version of the paper has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05355-2