Forum for European Philosophy Public Lecture
Date: Monday 13 December 2010
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Room 1.07, New Academic Building
Speaker: Professor Daniel Hausman
Chair: Dr Armin Schulz
Preferences are the central notion in mainstream economic theory, yet economists say little about what preferences are. This talk argues that preferences in mainstream positive economics are comparative evaluations with respect to everything relevant to value or choice, and it argues against three mistaken views of preferences: (1) that they are matters of taste, concerning which rational assessment is inappropriate, (2) that preferences coincide with judgments of expected self-interested benefit, and (3) that preferences can be defined in terms of choices.
Daniel Hausman is Herbert A. Simon Professor in the department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr Armin Schulz is a lecturer in the department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the LSE
Website: www.philosophy-forum.org
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