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    It is not the case that Hayek's framework presupposes individual rational action as its irreducible explanatory foundation, making unintended consequences a product of rationalism, not its absence.

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    • 1.Hayek attributes unintended consequences to knowledge limits, not rational choice itself; this conflates bounded rationality with the rational actor model.
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    • 2.If rationality is merely purposeful action under constraints, the framework becomes tautological—any outcome follows from 'rational' behavior, explaining nothing.
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    • 3.Behavioral economics shows systematic cognitive biases and preference reversals that contradict even constrained rationality as Hayek's foundational assumption.
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    • 1.Hayek explicitly grounds spontaneous order in individual purposeful action, where each agent rationally pursues goals within their knowledge constraints.
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    • 2.Unintended consequences arise precisely because rational individuals cannot possess complete information—a rationalist epistemic limit, not irrationality.
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    • 3.Complex systems with rational agents generate emergent patterns no single mind designed, proving rationalism generates rather than prevents unintended outcomes.
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