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Units of Decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Mariam Thalos
Mariam Thalos*
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo
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†Philosophy Department, 607 Baldy Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260–1010; e-mail thalos@acsu.buffalo.edu.
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Abstract

I shall introduce the units of decision problem in the theory of decision, which as I shall explain is a sibling to the units of selection problem in evolutionary theory. And I shall present an argument to the effect that, contrary to Bayesian wisdom on the subject, undertaking decision in group settings (in multi-individual units) violates no precepts of rationality.

Type
Philosophy of Social Science
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 66 , Issue S3: Supplement. Proceedings of the 1998 Biennial Meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part I: Contributed Papers Sep., 1999 , 1999 , pp. S324 - S338
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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Special thanks to Robert Goodin for helpful reactions to initial ideas, as well as for the impetus to shape them. And, as always, thanks to Barry Smith for useful dissent.

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