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Nondeterminacy and reasonable choice

Herlitz, Anders LU (2022) p.143-161
Abstract
This chapter outlines some of the implications of nondeterminacy, however it is explained, for rational choice. The chapter demonstrates that when nondeterminacy is present, some decision strategies actualize dynamic choice problems and resolutional remainder, while others violate basic requirements of rationality, such as basic contraction consistency and acyclicity. It is hypothesized that clues as to which reasons admit of nondeterminacy and how they do this can be found by studying the challenges that nondeterminacy poses for choice theory. Arguably, when otherwise acceptable decision strategies violate basic requirements of rationality because of nondeterminacy, reasons cannot admit of it. Three possible explanations of how to account... (More)
This chapter outlines some of the implications of nondeterminacy, however it is explained, for rational choice. The chapter demonstrates that when nondeterminacy is present, some decision strategies actualize dynamic choice problems and resolutional remainder, while others violate basic requirements of rationality, such as basic contraction consistency and acyclicity. It is hypothesized that clues as to which reasons admit of nondeterminacy and how they do this can be found by studying the challenges that nondeterminacy poses for choice theory. Arguably, when otherwise acceptable decision strategies violate basic requirements of rationality because of nondeterminacy, reasons cannot admit of it. Three possible explanations of how to account for this are outlined. (Less)
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Value Incommensurability : Ethics, Risk, and Decision-Making - Ethics, Risk, and Decision-Making
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Andersson, Henrik and Herlitz, Anders
pages
19 pages
publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781003148012
9780367702182
9780367707873
DOI
10.4324/9781003148012-11
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English
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  author       = {{Herlitz, Anders}},
  booktitle    = {{Value Incommensurability : Ethics, Risk, and Decision-Making}},
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  title        = {{Nondeterminacy and reasonable choice}},
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  doi          = {{10.4324/9781003148012-11}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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