Too much of a good thing: decision-making in cases with infinitely many utility contributions

DOI10.1007/S11229-019-02522-0MaRDI QIDQ2695403zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Christopher J. G. Meacham

Publication date 31 March 2023

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02522-0

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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