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    Challenges→The economic account of rationality faces a serious challenge from cases of integrability failure

    If social norms and self-interest are jointly represented in a sufficiently rich preference space, the alleged integrability failure dissolves into a specification problem rather than a fundamental theoretical crisis.

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    Integrability failure(as used in philosophy of economics and decision theory)
    A technical problem where different parts of a theory don't fit together consistently or can't be combined into one unified system.
    Preference space(as used in decision theory and economics)
    A way of representing all the different choices and preferences someone might have in a mathematical or logical framework.
    Social norms(as used in ethics and social philosophy)
    Unwritten rules about how people are expected to behave in a society or group.
    Specification problem(as used in philosophy of science and economics)
    A mistake or confusion in how you've defined or set up your theory—meaning you need to clarify your definitions rather than rethink the whole theory.
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