Naslov
Rational decision making: Changing one's mind

Autori
Grčki, David

Izvornik
Institut za filozofiju

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostalo

Godina
2018

Ključne riječi
dynamic choice, decision making, diachronic rationality, self-governance principle

Sažetak
The dynamic choice problem is a problem in the fields of philosophy of rationality and philosophy of action. The problem addresses the question: How do we make decisions over time and what should the rational constraints for such decisions be? We make decisions in this form constantly. From everyday decisions about what will we eat for lunch to more important decisions that have long term consequences for our lives. The dynamic choice problem originally arose from formal decision theory but was substantively addressed from other perspectives. In this paper, using my main example, the runaway bride case, I will assess different strategies proposed to solve the dynamic choice problem. Some of them are strong considered from the normative aspect of rationality, namely the sophisticated choice strategy and the resolute choice strategy, and some of them are strong from the descriptive aspect of rationality, namely Bratman’s no regret account and Bratman’s self-governance principle. I conclude by endorsing Bratman’s self-governance principle as the solution for the dynamic choice problem because it has a better tradeoff between the normative and descriptive dimension of rationality than the opposing accounts.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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