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| Title | Decision Science: From Ramsey to Dual Process Theories |
| Author/s | Nils-Eric Sahlin, Annika Wallin, Johannes Persson |
| Department/s |
Cognitive Science
Theoretical Philosophy Faculty of Medicine Department of Philosophy |
| Full-text | Available as PDF |
| Alternative location (URL) | http://www.springerlink.com/co... |
| Alternative location (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s112... |
| Publication/Series | Synthese |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| Volume | 172 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129 - 143 |
| Document type | Journal article |
| Status | published |
| Quality controlled | yes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Synthese |
| Abstract English | The hypothesis that human reasoning and decision-making can be roughly modeled by Expected Utility Theory has been at the core of decision science. Accumulating evidence has led researchers to modify the hypothesis. One of the latest additions to the field is Dual Process theory, which attempts to explain variance between participants and tasks when it comes to deviations from Expected Utility Theory. It is argued that Dual Process theories at this point cannot replace previous theories, since they, among other things, lack a firm conceptual framework, and have no means of producing independent evidence for their case. |
| Subject |
Philosophy and Religion Medicine and Health Sciences Social Sciences |
| Keywords | decision theory, decision science, human reasoning, decision-making, dual process theory, rationality, prospect theory, economic man, Ramsey, normative man, expected utility |
| ISBN/ISSN/Other |
ISSN: 0039-7857 ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Funder |
Swedish Research Council |
| Funder |
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond |
| Funder |
Vårdalinstitutet i Lund |
| References | References |
| Additional info | This is a draft version. The article is available at Synthese's web site online first: http://www.springerlink.com/content/pm5766236j327277/ |
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