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Evidence, causality, and sequential choice.

Authors :
Rothfus, Gerard J.
Source :
Theory & Decision; Dec2024, Vol. 97 Issue 4, p613-636, 24p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Philosophers' two favorite accounts of rational choice, Evidential Decision Theory (EDT) and Causal Decision Theory (CDT), each face a number of serious objections. Especially troubling are the recent charges that these theories are dynamically inconsistent. I note here that, under the epistemic assumptions that validate these charges, every decision theory that satisfies a pair of attractive postulates is doomed to a similar fate and then survey various lessons rational choice theorists might opt to draw from this. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00405833
Volume :
97
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Theory & Decision
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
180806152
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-024-09990-y