Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2008)
| Authors |
|
| Abstract |
Sometimes a series of choices do not serve one's concerns well even though each choice in the series seems perfectly well suited to serving one's concerns. In such cases, one has a dynamic choice problem. Otherwise put, one has a problem related to the fact that one's choices are spread out over time. This survey reviews some of the challenging choice situations and problematic preference structures that can prompt dynamic choice problems. It also reviews some proposed solutions, and explains how some familiar but potentially puzzling phenomena — including, for example, self-destructive addictive behavior and dangerous environmental destruction — have been illuminated by dynamic choice theory.
|
| Keywords | Choice over time Dynamic choice Diachronic rationality Discounting Incommensurable alternatives Intransitive preferences Money pump argument Plans and resoluteness Puzzle of the self-torturer Toxin puzzle |
| Categories | (categorize this paper) |
| Reprint years | 2012 |
| Options |
Mark as duplicate
Export citation
Request removal from index
|
Download options
PhilArchive copy
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy Papers currently archived: 70,039
External links
(no proxy) Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server
Configure custom proxy (use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy)
Through your library
- Sign in / register and customize your OpenURL resolver..
- Configure custom resolver
References found in this work BETA
Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason.Michael Bratman - 1987 - Cambridge: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Truth and Probability.Frank Ramsey - 1926 - In Antony Eagle (ed.), Philosophy of Probability: Contemporary Readings. Routledge. pp. 52-94.
View all 49 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Incommensurability, Incomparability, and Practical Reason.Ruth Chang - 1997 - Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard.
Decision Theory.Johanna Thoma - 2019 - In Richard Pettigrew & Jonathan Weisberg (eds.), The Open Handbook of Formal Epistemology. PhilPapers Foundation. pp. 57-106.
Diachronic Structural Rationality.Luca Ferrero - 2014 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 57 (3):311-336.
Disagreement and the Division of Epistemic Labor.Bjørn G. Hallsson & Klemens Kappel - 2020 - Synthese 197 (7):2823-2847.
Non-Measurability, Imprecise Credences, and Imprecise Chances.Yoaav Isaacs, Alan Hájek & John Hawthorne - forthcoming - Mind:fzab031.
View all 8 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
On Seidenfeldâs Criticism of Sophisticated Violations of the Independence Axiom.Wlodek Rabinowicz - 1997 - Theory and Decision 43 (3):279-292.
Discrete Dynamic Choice: An Extension of the Choice Models of Thurstone and Luce.John Dagsvik - 1983 - I Kommisjon Hos H. Aschehoug Og Universitetsforlaget.
AGM Belief Revision in Dynamic Games.Giacomo Bonanno - 2011 - In Krzysztof Apt (ed.), Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK XIII).
Descriptions of Game Actions.Hans P. van Ditmarsch - 2002 - Journal of Logic, Language and Information 11 (3):349-365.
To Have One's Cake and Eat It, Too: Sequential Choice and Expected-Utility Violations.Wlodek Rabinowicz - 1995 - Journal of Philosophy 92 (11):586-620.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
133 ( #87,757 of 2,505,610 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
4 ( #169,997 of 2,505,610 )
2009-01-28
Total views
133 ( #87,757 of 2,505,610 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
4 ( #169,997 of 2,505,610 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads
