The Philosopher’s Toolkit. Episode 19 Decisions, Decisions
(2025, original release: 2013)

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Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2013
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2025
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
16061863
LANGUAGE
English
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Turn your attention to decision theory, the surefire way to make the most rational decision with the evidence you have. The key is to maximize expected utility. Doing so can tell you everything from which wine to buy for a dinner party to how to respond to an influenza outbreak. Pascal even used decision theory to determine his belief in God

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Patrick Grim

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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