A Philosophical Assessment of Decision Theory. Jensen, K. In Roeser, S., Hillerbrand, R., Sandin, P., & Peterson, M., editors, Handbook of Risk Theory: Epistemology, Decision Theory, Ethics, and Social Implications of Risk, pages 405–439. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2012.
Paper doi abstract bibtex The significance of decision theory consists of giving an account of rational decision making under circumstances of uncertainty. This question is important both from the point of view of what is in our personal interest and from the point of view of what is ethically right. But decision theory is often poorly understood and its significance only sparsely discussed in the literature.
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