[PDF] Counterfactual Desirability | Semantic Scholar


    
    Skip to search formSkip to main content>



Semantic Scholar's Logo
Search




Sign InCreate Free Account


You are currently offline. Some features of the site may not work correctly.

	DOI:10.1093/bjps/axv023

Corpus ID: 1665082Counterfactual Desirability
@article{Bradley2017CounterfactualD,
  title={Counterfactual Desirability},
  author={R. Bradley and H. Stef{\'a}nsson},
  journal={The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science},
  year={2017},
  volume={68},
  pages={485 - 533}
}
	R. Bradley, H. Stefánsson
	Published 2017
	Medicine
	The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

The desirability of what actually occurs is often influenced by what could have been. Preferences based on such value dependencies between actual and counterfactual outcomes generate a class of problems for orthodox decision theory, the best-known perhaps being the so-called Allais paradox. In this article we solve these problems by extending Richard Jeffrey’s decision theory to counterfactual prospects, using a multidimensional possible-world semantics for conditionals, and showing that… Expand

View on U of Chicago
journals.uchicago.edu





Save to Library
Create Alert
Cite
Launch Research Feed





Share This Paper

6 CitationsHighly Influential Citations
2

Background Citations
2


View All









Topics from this paper


	Counterfactual conditional


	Decision theory


	Possible world






6 Citations



Citation Type
Citation Type

	All Types
	Cites Results
	Cites Methods
	Cites Background






Has PDF
Publication Type


Author


More Filters
More Filters
Filters

Sort by Relevance
Sort by Most Influenced Papers
Sort by Citation Count
Sort by Recency






FAIR CHANCE AND MODAL CONSEQUENTIALISM
	H. O. Stefánsson
	Economics
	Economics and Philosophy
	2015

	7

	Highly Influenced



	View 4 excerpts, cites background



Save
Alert
Research Feed




How Valuable Are Chances?
	H. O. Stefánsson, R. Bradley
	Philosophy
	Philosophy of Science
	2015

	13

	PDF




Save
Alert
Research Feed




Don’t Look Now
	Arif Ahmed, B. Salow
	The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
	2019


Save
Alert
Research Feed




Desirability of conditionals
	H. O. Stefánsson
	Psychology, Computer Science
	Synthese
	2015

	3

	Highly Influenced



	View 4 excerpts, cites background



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Decision Theory with a Human Face
	R. Bradley
	Psychology, Sociology
	2017

	39

	PDF




Save
Alert
Research Feed




Generalized Jeffrey Conditionalization
	D. Draheim
	Computer Science
	SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
	2017

	5



Save
Alert
Research Feed








References


SHOWING 1-10 OF 19 REFERENCES
SORT BYRelevance
Most Influenced Papers
Recency




Regret Theory: An alternative theory of rational choice under uncertainty Review of Economic Studies
	G. Loomes, R. Sugden
	Mathematics, Economics
	1982

	3,161



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Expected Utility and Risk*
	Paul Weirich
	Economics
	The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
	1986

	27



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparison of Utility: Comment
	P. Diamond
	Economics
	Journal of Political Economy
	1967

	374

	PDF




Save
Alert
Research Feed




Multidimensional Possible-World Semantics for Conditionals
	R. Bradley
	Computer Science
	2012

	28

	PDF




	View 5 excerpts, references background



Save
Alert
Research Feed




A Unified Bayesian Decision Theory
	R. Bradley
	Mathematics
	2007

	35

	PDF




Save
Alert
Research Feed




A Representation Theorem for a Decision Theory With Conditionals
	R. Bradley
	Mathematics, Computer Science
	Synthese
	2004

	33



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Le comportement de l'homme rationnel devant le risque : critique des postulats et axiomes de l'ecole americaine
	M. Allais
	Economics
	1953

	3,455

	PDF




Save
Alert
Research Feed




Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979)
	A. Young
	Mathematics
	2011

	715



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Functions resembling quotients of measures
	E. Bolker
	Mathematics
	1966

	94

	PDF




	View 2 excerpts, references background and methods



Save
Alert
Research Feed




Le Comportement de l’Homme Rationnel Devantle Risque: Critique
	1953





...

1

2

...








Related Papers

















	Abstract
	Topics
	6 Citations
	19 References
	Related Papers







Stay Connected With Semantic Scholar
Sign Up

About Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar is a free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature, based at the Allen Institute for AI.
Learn More →

Resources
DatasetsSupp.aiAPIOpen Corpus
Organization
About UsResearchPublishing PartnersData Partners
 
FAQContact



Proudly built by AI2 with the help of our Collaborators
Terms of Service•Privacy Policy

The Allen Institute for AI


By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License
ACCEPT & CONTINUE