No Regrets, or: Edith Piaf Revamps Decision Theory

Frank Arntzenius

doi:10.1007/s10670-007-9084-8

Erkenntnis

March 2008, Volume 68, Issue 2, pp 277–297

No Regrets, or: Edith Piaf Revamps Decision Theory

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First Online:: 21 November 2007

Received:: 08 February 2007
Accepted:: 20 September 2007

DOI: 10.1007/s10670-007-9084-8

Cite this article as:: Arntzenius, F. Erkenn (2008) 68: 277. doi:10.1007/s10670-007-9084-8

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Abstract

I argue that standard decision theories, namely causal decision theory and evidential decision theory, both are unsatisfactory. I devise a new decision theory, from which, under certain conditions, standard game theory can be derived.

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Decision theoryGame theory

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