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HomeUpcoming EventsPaul Bartha (UBC): Satan, Saint Peter and Saint Petersburg
Paul Bartha (UBC): Satan, Saint Peter and Saint Petersburg

Abstract:  Dominance reasoning is a paradigm of rationality.  Intransitive preferences are a paradigm of irrationality.  Yet there are cases where an infinite sequence of decisions guided by dominance reasoning leads to a situation closely analogous to having intransitive preferences.  In these cases, the agent has utilities that are ‘discontinuous at infinity’.  I describe the structure of three such cases, explain what we might mean by discontinuity at infinity and why it poses a challenge for decision theory, and explore several possible responses to the challenge.

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  • Tue 23 Jul 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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Coombs Seminar Room B

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Philosophy Departmental Seminars