Change in the Decision Sciences

Auteurs

  • Paul Weirich University of Missouri

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v5i1.3

Mots-clés :

decision, deliberation, idealization, model, rationality

Résumé

A common type of change in science occurs as theorists generalize a model of a phenomenon by removing some idealizations of the model. This type of change occurs in the decision sciences and also in the normative branch of the decision sciences that treats rational choice. After presenting a general account of model generalization, the paper illustrates generalization of models in normative decision theory. The principal illustration generalizes a standard model of rational choice by removing the idealization that deliberation has no cost.

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Publiée

2018-09-24

Comment citer

Weirich, Paul. 2018. « Change in the Decision Sciences ». Lato Sensu: Revue De La Société De Philosophie Des Sciences 5 (1):13-19. https://doi.org/10.20416/lsrsps.v5i1.3.

Numéro

Vol. 5 No 1 (2018): Le changement en science - Sixième congrès de la Société de philosophie des sciences

Rubrique

Actes du congrès de 2016

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