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Rational Choice

Classical Decision Theory, Descriptive Interpretations Of Decision Theory, Normative Interpretations Of Decision Theory, Extensions And Alternatives



People constantly make choices or decisions in an uncertain world: should I buy life insurance, marry, change jobs? Rational decision making is an important topic in the social sciences, cognitive science, and philosophy, and for many years classical decision theory has dominated competing accounts of decision making.



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