Remarks on Decision-theoretic Concept of Rationality

der 16. Weltkongress Für Philosophie 2:1226-1232 (1983)
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Decision theory elucidates, in more ways than one, the, concept of rational behavior under imperfect knowledge of the consequences. On the other hand, the generally accepted concept of rationality refers to the end-means relation. This relation is not translatable into the language of decision theory. Consequently, the latter's claim to have defined in a general way rationality of behavior appears not to be valid.

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