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Conditional utility and its place in decision theory
Journal of Philosophy 77 (11):702-715 (1980)
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Causal decision theory attends to probabilities used to obtain an option's expected utility but for completeness should also attend to utilities of possible outcomes. A suitable formula for an option's expected utility uses a certain type of conditional utility.Author's Profile
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