Decision instability

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 63 (4):465 – 472 (1985)
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In some decision problems adoption of an option furnishes evidence about the option's consequences. Rational decisions take account of that evidence, although it makes an option's adoption changes the option's expected utility.

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10.1080/00048408512342061

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The logic of decision.Richard Jeffrey - 1983 - University of Chicago Press.
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