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Defining preferences over framed outcomes does not secure agents' rationality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2022

Sarah A. Fisher Open the ORCID record for Sarah A. Fisher [Opens in a new window]
Sarah A. Fisher*
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Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria sarah.fisher@univie.ac.athttps://sites.google.com/view/sarahafisher/
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Abstract

Bermúdez claims that agents think about framed outcomes, not outcomes themselves; and that seemingly incoherent preferences can be rational, once defined over framed outcomes. However, the agents in his examples know that alternative frames describe the same outcome, neutrally understood. This undermines the restriction of their preferences to framed outcomes and, in turn, the argument for rational framing effects.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e227
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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References

Fisher, S. A. (2022). A Critical Notice of: Frame It Again: New Tools for Rational Decision-Making. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. doi: 10.1080/09672559.2022.2057685Google Scholar