The marketplace of rationalizations

IF 1.2 2区哲学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Economics and Philosophy Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI:10.1017/S0266267121000389

Daniel Williams

引用次数: 14

Abstract

Abstract Recent work in economics has rediscovered the importance of belief-based utility for understanding human behaviour. Belief ‘choice’ is subject to an important constraint, however: people can only bring themselves to believe things for which they can find rationalizations. When preferences for similar beliefs are widespread, this constraint generates rationalization markets, social structures in which agents compete to produce rationalizations in exchange for money and social rewards. I explore the nature of such markets, I draw on political media to illustrate their characteristics and behaviour, and I highlight their implications for understanding motivated cognition and misinformation.

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合理化的市场

最近的经济学研究重新发现了基于信念的效用对于理解人类行为的重要性。然而，信仰“选择”受制于一个重要的约束:人们只能让自己相信他们能找到理由的事情。当对相似信念的偏好普遍存在时，这种约束就会产生合理化市场，在这种社会结构中，行为主体竞争产生合理化，以换取金钱和社会奖励。我探索了这些市场的本质，我利用政治媒体来说明它们的特征和行为，我强调了它们对理解动机认知和错误信息的影响。

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Economics and Philosophy Multiple-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

8.30%

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期刊介绍： The disciplines of economics and philosophy each possess their own special analytical methods, whose combination is powerful and fruitful. Each discipline can be enriched by the other. Economics and Philosophy aims to promote their mutual enrichment by publishing articles and book reviews in all areas linking these subjects. Topics include the methodology and epistemology of economics, the foundations of decision theory and game theory, the nature of rational choice in general, historical work on economics with a philosophical purpose, ethical issues in economics, the use of economic techniques in ethical theory, and many other subjects.