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(2015) Philosophia Scientiae 19 (1).

Decisions without sharp probabilities

Paul Weirich

pp. 213-225

Adam Elga [Elga 2010] argues that no principle of rationality leads from unsharp probabilities to decisions. He concludes that a perfectly rational agent does not have unsharp probabilities. This paper defends unsharp probabilities. It shows how unsharp probabilities may ground rational decisions.

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DOI: 10.4000/philosophiascientiae.1062

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Weirich, P. (2015). Decisions without sharp probabilities. Philosophia Scientiae 19 (1), pp. 213-225.

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