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Social Darwinist aspects of utility and probability

โœ Scribed by Stig I. Rosenlund

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
480 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-5833

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โœฆ Synopsis

Utility and subjective probability are assessed from a normative social darwinist viewpoint. It is shown that utility is essentially equal to monetary reward and that probability must satisfy a reasonable frequency criterion.

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