Risk and rationality /

Lara Buchak sets out a new account of rational decision-making in the face of risk. She argues that the orthodox view (expected utility theory) is too narrow, and suggests an alternative, more permissive theory: one that allows individuals to pay attention to the worst-case or best-case scenario, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buchak, Lara Marie, 1981- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Risk. Decision making. Practical reason. Risque. Prise de décision. Raison pratique. decision making. PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE > Cognitive Science. Practical reason Decision making Risk Entscheidungsprozess Praktische Vernunft Risiko Psychology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. InstInstrumental Rationality and Expected Utility Theory
2. Risk-Weighted Expected Utility
3. Representation
4. Redescription
5. Consistency
6. Diachronic Choice
7. Bookmaking and Packaging
8. Conclusion.