Normative Decision Theory

Analysis 79 (4):755-772 (2019)
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A review of some major topics of debate in normative decision theory from circa 2007 to 2019. Topics discussed include the ongoing debate between causal and evidential decision theory, decision instability, risk-weighted expected utility theory, decision-making with incomplete preferences, and decision-making with imprecise credences.

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Edward J. R. Elliott
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Risk and Rationality.Lara Buchak - 2013 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Decision Theory with a Human Face.Richard Bradley - 2017 - Cambridge University Press.
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