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My views on the issues treated here have benefited (perhaps not to the extent that any of them would like) from discussion with many people, including, but not limited to, Ernie Adams, Charles Chihara, Donald Davidson, Dick Jeffrey, Isaac Levi, Benson Mates, Gregory Ray, Brian Skyrms, and Susan Vineberg. I am also indebted to anonymous referees for their comments and both the University of Georgia and the University of Missouri-St. Louis for financial support.

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Rawling, P. Choice and conditional expected utility. Synthese 94, 303–328 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064342

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  • Expected Utility
  • Conditional Expected Utility